Indicators of economy in Burundi

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product, the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12,230 USD per capita. GDP in Burundi, on the other hand, reached USD 221 per capita, or 2.78 billion USD for the whole country. Burundi is currently at number 177 among the international economies and is therefore one of the less significant. If this is calculated per inhabitant, taking purchasing power parity into account, then Burundi ranks 190th in the list of the richest countries.

Inflation in Burundi in 2021 was around 8.40%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55 percent. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.

Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 66.3 percent lower.
The index for perceived corruption in the public sector is 19, which is rather poor by global standards.


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