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Economic Indicators For: Burundi › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Burundi Franc, BIF
Year of data: 2009 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed: 19
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2014
Date of Last Update: 26 January 2010
Population: 9511330 note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected (July 2009 est.)
Area: total: 27,830 sq km land: 25,680 sq km water: 2,150 sq km
Natural Resources: nickel, uranium, rare earth oxides, peat, cobalt, copper, platinum, vanadium, arable land, hydropower, niobium, tantalum, gold, tin, tungsten, kaolin, limestone
Government Type: Burundi government type
Government Ministers: Burundi ministers
Capital: name: Bujumbura geographic coordinates: 3 22 S, 29 21 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook

Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor nationwith an underdeveloped industrial manufacturing sector. Its economy is predominantly agricultural, agrarian, fisheries and farming with more than 90 per cent of the general populace dependent on subsistence Agriculture, fisheries and farming. growth of the economy depends on coffee and tea exports, which account for 90 per cent of foreign currency exchange revenues. The ability to pay for imports rests primarily on weather conditions and international coffee and tea prices or pricing. The Tutsi minority, 14 per cent of the general populace, dominates the coffee trade (imports and exports). An ethnic-based war that lasted for over a ten years resulted in more than 200,000 deaths, forced more than 48,000 refugees into Tanzania, and displaced 140,000 others internally. Only one in two children go to school, and about one in 15 adults has HIV/AIDS. Food stuffs, medicine, and electric power remain in short supply. Burundi's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew around 5 per cent annually in 2006-07, before increasing to 6 per cent in 2008. Political stability and the end of the civil war have improved aid flows and economic activity has increased, but underlying weaknesses - a high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, and depressed administrative capability - risk undermining planned economic reform. Burundi will perpetuate to remain heavily dependent on aid from bilateral and multilateral donors; the delay of investment after a corruption (including cronyism and nepotism) scandal cut off bilateral aid in 2007 reduction ofd government's earnings and its ability to pay salaries.
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Burundi in year 2009 is BIF 668.784 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Burundi in year 2009 is 3.233 %. Annual percentages of constant price GDP are year-on-year changes; the base year is country-specific.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Burundi in year 2009 is BIF 1,702.92 Billion. GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Burundi in year 2009 is US$ 1.41 Billion. Values are based upon GDP in national currency and the exchange rate projections provided by country economists for the group of other emerging market and developing countries. Exchanges rates for advanced economies are established in the WEO assumptions.

GDP Deflator for Burundi in year 2009 is 254.628 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100). The GDP deflator is derived by dividing current price GDP by constant price GDP and is considered to be an alternate measure of inflation. Please note: Data are expressed in the base year of each country's national accounts.

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Burundi in year 2009 is BIF 82,480.75 . GDP is expressed in constant national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing constant price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Burundi in year 2009 is BIF 210,019.48 . GDP is expressed in current national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing current price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Burundi in year 2009 is US$ 173.841 . GDP is expressed in current U.S. dollars per person. Data are derived by first converting GDP in national currency to U.S. dollars and then dividing it by total population.

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Burundi in year 2009 is US$ 3.249 Billion. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites.

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Burundi in year 2009 is US$ 400.75 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites.

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Burundi in year 2009 is 0.005 %. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites.

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Burundi in year 2009 is 524.066 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites.

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Burundi in year 2009 is 228.723 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Burundi in year 2009 is 12.898 %. Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Burundi in year 2009 is 230.997 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Burundi in year 2009 is 9.073 %. Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data.

Population for Burundi in year 2009 is 8.108 Million .

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Burundi in year 2009 is US$ -0.153 Billion. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Burundi in year 2009 is -10.866 %. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries.