| Economy of Burundi |
| Currency |
Burundian franc (BIF) |
| Fiscal year |
Calendar Year |
| Trade organisations |
AU, WTO |
| Statistics [1] |
| GDP ranking |
164th (2004) [2] |
| GDP |
$4.001 billion (2004) |
| GDP growth |
3 (2004) |
| GDP per capita |
$600 (2004) |
| GDP by sector |
agriculture (48.1%), industry (19%), services (32.9%) (2004) |
| Inflation |
8.5% (2004) |
| Pop below poverty line |
68% (2002) |
| Labour force |
2.99 million (2002) |
| Labour force by occupation |
agriculture (93.6%), industry (2.3%), services (4.1%) (2002) |
| Unemployment |
N/A (2004) |
| Main industries |
light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap, assembly of imported components, public works construction, food processing |
| Trading partners [3] |
| Exports |
$31.84 million (2004) |
| Export - commodities |
coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides |
| Main partners |
Switzerland 25.8%, Germany 12.2%, Belgium 7.9%, U.S. 5.5%, Thailand 5.3%, Rwanda 5.2% {2004) |
| Imports |
$138.2 million (2004) |
| Imports - Commodities |
capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs |
| Main partners |
Kenya 11.7%, Tanzania 9.6%, U.S. 9.1%, Belgium 9%, France 8.8%, Italy 5.4%, Japan 4.8%, Uganda 4.8%, Zambia 4.2% {2004) |
| Public finances [4] |
| Public debt |
N/A (2004) |
| Revenues |
$152.5 million 2004) |
| Expenses |
$187.7 million (2004) |
| Economic aid |
$92.7 million (2000) |
