| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $3.78 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
-1.3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $600 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 47.4%
industry: 19.3%
services: 33.3% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
68% (2002 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 32.9% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
10.7% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
2.99 million (2002) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 93.6%, industry 2.3%, services 4.1% (2002 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $179.4 million
expenditures: $209 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2003) |
| Industries : |
light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
18% (2001) |
| Electricity - Production : |
155.4 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 0.6%
hydro: 99.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
177.5 million kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
33 million kWh; note - supplied by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides |
| Exports : |
$40 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides |
| Exports - Partners : |
Germany 16.3%, US 14%, Belgium 11.6%, Kenya 9.3%, Netherlands 9.3%, Rwanda 7%, China 4.7%, France 4.7% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$128 million f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs |
| Imports - Partners : |
Saudi Arabia 12.7%, Belgium 10.1%, Kenya 7.6%, France 7%, Algeria 5.7%, Tanzania 5.7%, India 4.4% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$1.133 billion (2002) |
| Economic Aid - Recipient : |
$92.7 million (2000) |
| Currency : |
Burundi franc (BIF) |
| Currency Code : |
BIF |
| Exchange Rates : |
Burundi francs per US dollar - 1,082.62 (2003), 930.75 (2002), 830.35 (2001), 720.67 (2000), 563.56 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
