- Conventional long form
- Republic of Burundi
- Conventional short form
- Burundi
- Local long form
- Republique du Burundi/Republika y'u Burundi
- Local short form
- Burundi
- Name
- Bujumbura
- Geographic coordinates
- 3 22 S, 29 21 E
- Time difference
- UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Inflation
- 5.538%
- External debt stocks
- US$ 625,980,000
- Total tax rate (% of commercial profits)
- 40.3%
- Real Interest Rate
- 11.132%
- Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)
- 10.076%
- Current Account Balance
- US$ -374,695,607
- Labor Force, Total
- 4,854,551
- Employment in Agriculture
- 92.20%
- Employment in Industry
- 2.20%
- Employment in Services
- 5.60%
- Unemployment Rate
- 1.60%
- Imports of goods and services
- US$ 959,704,091
- Exports of goods and services
- US$ 187,667,205
- Total Merchandise Trade
- 29.10%
- FDI, net inflows
- US$ 49,584,377
- Commercial Service Exports
- US$ 19,278,919
- Commodities
- coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
- Partners
- Germany 12.9%, Pakistan 11.2%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 11.2%, Uganda 8.5%, Sweden 8.2%, US 7.5%, Belgium 6.6%, Rwanda 4.8%, France 4.6% (2015)
- Commodities
- capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
- Partners
- Kenya 15%, Saudi Arabia 14%, Belgium 10%, Tanzania 8.4%, Uganda 7.4%, China 7.1%, India 4.9%, France 4% (2015)
- Country Risk Rating
- D
- A high-risk political and economic situation and an often very difficult business environment can have a very significant impact on corporate payment behavior. Corporate default probability is very high.
- Business Climate Rating
- E
- The highest possible risk in terms of business climate. Due to a lack of available financial information and an unpredictable legal system, doing business in this country is extremely difficult.
- Natural resources (coffee, tea, minerals)
- Cancellation of 75% of external public debt in 2009
- Membership of the East Africa Community (EAC) and the African Union (AU)
- Tense political context
- Growing tensions on the border with Rwanda
- Poorly diversified economy and vulnerable to external shocks
- Geographic isolation
- Activity hampered by lack of infrastructure and limited access to electricity
- International aid suspended following political crisis