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Burundi
Burundi is a $3.4B economy (2025), growing 4.2% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 34.1%. 20 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.
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GDP · 2025
$3.4B
+10.8% vs 2024
#44 of 52Population · 2025
14.4M
+2.4% vs 2024
#30 of 54Data
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print
The Wire
Burundi headlines
- Chargé d'Affaires
[U.S. Embassy Bujumbura] CDA Tim SikesTimothy (Tim) Sikes is the United States Chargé d'Affaires to the Republic of Burundi, after joining the embassy in September, 2026. He is a seasoned Foreign Service Officer, with more than two decades of civilian and military service. He mos
AllAfrica·Burundi
- Tanzania, Burundi Begin Their Joint UPC to Review and Bolster Their Socio-Economic Ties
[Daily News] Bujumbura -- TANZANIA and Burundi have begun the Seventh Meeting of the Joint Permanent Commission for Cooperation (JPC), aimed at reviewing the implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements and developing strategies to strengthen economic and social ties betwee
- Today in History - Uganda, DRC, Rwanda and Burundi Sign 2003 Peace Accord
[Nile Post] On September 25, 2003, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi signed the Principles on Good-Neighbourly Relations and Cooperation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, marking a diplomatic effort to end years of military inter
- DR Congo, Burundi and the Enduring Legacy of Colonial Divisions
[New Times] To understand how colonial divide-and-rule tactics took root in the Great Lakes region, and why the current leaderships of the DR Congo and Burundi still keep them alive, I start with a simple question: which societies and kingdoms existed in this region, present-day
Capital
World Bank lending to Burundi
2 in the pipeline · 20 active · commitments as published by the Bank.
Source: World Bank Projects & Operations
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