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Burundi ( bə-RUUN-dee or bə-RUN-dee), officially the Republic of Burundi (Kirundi: Repuburika y’Uburundi [u.βu.ɾǔː.ndi]; Swahili: Jamuhuri ya Burundi; French: République du Burundi [buʁundi, byʁyndi]), is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley at the junction between the African Great Lakes region and East Africa. It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border. The capital cities are Gitega and Bujumbura, the latter being the country's largest city.The Twa, Hutu and Tutsi peoples have lived in Burundi for at least 500 years. For more than 200 of those years, Burundi was an independent kingdom. In 1885, it became part of the German colony of German East Africa. After the First World War and Germany's defeat, the League of Nations mandated the territories of Burundi and neighboring Rwanda to Belgium in a combined territory called Rwanda-Urundi. After the Second World War, this transformed into a United Nations Trust Territory. Burundi gained independence in 1962 and initially retained the monarchy; a 1966 coup replaced the monarchy with a one-party republic. Over the n... [More]
  • Last : 65,415.67
  • High : 68,074.28
  • Low : 65,005.94
  • Max Fluctuation : 863.43
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.63%
  • Open : 67,585.14
  • Time : 08:42:34
  • Yesterday : 67,339.34
  • Change % : 2.94%
  • Change : 1,923.67
  • Last : 2,159.39
  • High : 2,162.78
  • Low : 2,158.91
  • Max Fluctuation : 1.66
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.02%
  • Open : 2,160.44
  • Time : 08:44:53
  • Yesterday : 2,160.44
  • Change % : 0.05%
  • Change : 1.05
  • Last : 82.02
  • High : 82.22
  • Low : 81.99
  • Max Fluctuation : 0.07
  • Max Fluctuation % : 0.09%
  • Open : 82.21
  • Time : 08:44:37
  • Yesterday : 82.23
  • Change % : 0.26%
  • Change : 0.21
  • Last : 0.9175
  • High : 0.9181
  • Low : 0.9175
  • Max Fluctuation : -
  • Max Fluctuation % : -
  • Open : -
  • Time : 18 Mar
  • Yesterday : 0.9175
  • Change % : 0%
  • Change : 0

Burundi Currency Markets

Indicator Value Previous Low High Change Change % Time Chart
GBP/BIF Ask 3676.14 - 3676.14 3676.14 0.00 0.00% 2024/03/18 Time 11:38
USD/BIF Ask 2886.75 - 2886.75 2886.75 0.00 0.00% 2024/03/18 Time 11:05
EUR/BIF Ask 3143.6 - 3143.6 3157 0.00 0.00% 2024/03/15 Time 16:29
BIF/USD Ask 0.0005 - 0.0005 0.0005 0.00 0.00% 2022/04/30 Time 14:32

Economic Indicators + Forecasts

  • Actual

  • Forecast

Indicator Last Time Previous Metric
Balance of Trade
-271669 -271669 -118880 -1801
Banks Balance Sheet
7316666 435771 7077024 7316666
CPI Housing Utilities
201 6.7 197 201
CPI Transportation
171 87.2 175 176
Central Bank Balance Sheet
3241968 121111 3290943 3308811
Competitiveness Index
40.25 19 Dec 37.53 Points
Competitiveness Rank
135 19 Dec 136
Consumer Price Index CPI
212 79.3 209 212
Corruption Index
20 17 17 25
Corruption Rank
162 130 171 172
Credit Rating
15
Currency
2832 1208 2832 2841
Current Account
-610 -610 -419 10.45
Current Account to GDP
-13.4 -21.3 -11 1
Ease of Doing Business
166 19 Dec 168
Electricity Production
29.27 11.74 30.38 30.38
Export Prices
193 85.05 166 219
Exports
39681 1013 130307 130307
External Debt
1834614 413843 1793610 1834614
Fiscal Expenditure
173692 23 Apr 264345 BIF Million
Food Inflation
17.6 -19.9 17.8 48.9
Foreign Exchange Reserves
271244 100921 347471 721108
GDP
3.34 0.16 2.78 3.34
GDP Annual Growth Rate
3.4 -13.75 1.8 21.33
GDP per capita
262 245 264 448
GDP per capita PPP
708 708 714 1209
Gold Reserves
0.03 0.03 0.03 0.54
Government Budget
-8.5 -20 -6 -2.3
Government Budget Value
-15253 23 Apr -40471 BIF Million
Government Debt to GDP
14.5 13.6 16.8 173
Government Revenues
158439 23 Apr 223873 BIF Million
IP Addresses
1971 17 Mar 1786 IP
Import Prices
143 81.53 141 143
Imports
311350 5397 249187 311350
Industrial Production
-17.1 -29 -4 34.7
Inflation Rate
17.77 -8.4 17.59 44.93
Inflation Rate Mom
1.3 -3.3 1.4 6.8
Interest Rate
12 5 12 16.24
Internet Speed
2707 17 Mar 2270 KBps
Loans to Private Sector
4306 217 4274 4306
Military Expenditure
101 22 Dec 68.4 USD Million
Money Supply M0
1416871 113890 1399051 1416871
Money Supply M2
4646630 322363 4588046 4646630
Money Supply M3
5238567 365560 5149417 5238567
Population
12.89 2.75 12.55 12.89
Terms of Trade
135 103 118 182
Terrorism Index
2.43 2.43 4.05 5.61
Unemployment Rate
0.9 0.9 0.9 3.4
Indicator Actual Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Metric
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