Burundi
Burundi in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Burundi recorded GDP per capita: 234 (2025), ranking 212 of 212 worldwide; Population: 14.39 million (2025), ranking 77 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 63.8 (2024), ranking 198 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 34.13% (2025), ranking 6 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+1617%) and Infant mortality the largest decrease (-73%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits below the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 8 of 19 comparable series are higher and 11 are lower.
Its population of 14.39 million (2025) makes it a mid-sized population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 3,364,713,864.08 | 2025 | +1616.7% |
| GDP per capita | 233.82 | 2025 | +229.8% |
| GDP growth | 4.24% | 2025 | +130.8% |
| Population | 14,390,003 | 2025 | +420.6% |
| Population growth | 2.41% | 2025 | -4.9% |
| Urban population | 25.69% | 2025 | +1297.1% |
| Inflation | 34.13% | 2025 | +669.3% |
| Life expectancy | 63.82 | 2024 | +47.5% |
| Infant mortality | 30.5 | 2024 | -73.3% |
| CO2 per capita | 0.07 | 2024 | +317.6% |
| GDP (PPP) | 17,959,504,405.33 | 2025 | +437.3% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 1,248.05 | 2025 | +108.6% |
| Labor participation | 78.26% | 2025 | -13.1% |
| Unemployment | 0.92% | 2025 | -70.7% |
| Internet users | 8.6% | 2024 | — |
| Education spending | 4.5% | 2025 | +60.7% |
| Electricity access | 20.1% | 2024 | +415.4% |
| Forest area | 10.89% | 2023 | +1.1% |
| Health spending | 9.09% | 2023 | +115.4% |