Social indicators

Total population (million), 2003    

7.2

Population (average annual population growth rate), 2003

1.9

Rural population density (people per km 2 ), 2002

648.1

Rural population (as % of total), 2003

90.0

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

38.0

Crude death rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

19.6

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2003

114.0

Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 children), 2003

190.0

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2003

41.6

Prevalence of HIV (% ages 15-49), 2003

6.0

Total labour force (million), 2003

3.8

Female labour force as % of total, 2003

48.6

Number of rural poor (million) (approximate)

2.3

Poor as % of total rural population, 2000-01

36.0

Population living below US$1 a day (%), 1998

58.4

Population living below US$2 a day (%), 1998

89.2

Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1990

36.4

Share of poorest 20% in national income or consumption (%), 1998

5.0

School enrolment, primary (% gross), 2002

77.3

Adult literacy rate (% age 15 and above), 2002

50.3

Children under weight for age (% under age 5), 2000

45.1

Children under height for age (% under age 5), 2000

56.8

Undernourished people (as % of total population), 2000

68.0

Daily calorie supply per capita (kcal/day) 2000-02 1/

1,640.0

Health expenditure, total (as % of GDP), 2002

3.0

Physicians (per 1,000 people), 2000

0.1

Rural population with access to improved water sources (%) 2002

78.0

35.0

Agricultural labour force (% of total labour force), 2002 1/

90.0

Food imports (% of merchandise imports), 2002

11.1

Fertilizer consumption (hundreds of grams per ha of arable land), 2003

25.8

Food production index (1999-01=100), 2004

104.4

Cereal yield (kg per ha), 2002

1,329.3

Major exports (% share in agriculture) 2002 1/

Coffee, green

79.6

Sugar, raw centrifugal

8.1

Beer of barley

5.6

Major imports (% share in agriculture) 2002 1/

Food preparations NES

27.1

Malt of barley

15.7

Maize

12.9

Arable land as % of land area, 2002

38.3

Forest area as % of total land area, 2000

3.7

Irrigated land as % of cropland, 2002

5.4

Economic Indicators

Local currency

Burundi Franc (BIF)

Exchange rate: US$1.00 = BIF 1,070.5 (2004)

GNI per capita (US$), 2003

90.0

GDP (US$ million), 2003

6.0

GDP per capita growth (annual %), 2003

-3.0

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %), 2003

16.0

Sectoral distribution of GDP, 2003

% agriculture

49.0

% industry

19.0

% manufacturing, 1999

8.6

% services

32.0

Consumption

General government final consumption expenditure (as % of GDP), 2003

8.5

Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (as % of GDP), 2003

87.2

Gross domestic savings (as % of GDP), 2003

4.2

Merchandise exports (US$ million), 2003

38.0

Merchandise imports (US$ million), 2003

157.0

Balance of merchandise trade (US$ million)

-119.0

Foreign direct investment, net, 2003

4,618.4

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP), 1999

18.0

Total expenditure (% of GDP), 1999

23.3

Total external debt (US$ million), 2003

1,309.7

Present value of debt (as % of GNI), 2003

150.4

Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services), 2003

65.8

Official development assistance and official aid Total (US$ millions), 2003

224.2

Lending interest rate (%), 2003

18.2

Deposit interest rate (%), 2003

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Mobile phones (per 1,000 people), 2003

Fixed lines and mobile telephones (per 1,000 people), 2003

12.3

Telephone average cost of local call (US$ per three minutes), 2003

0.0

Personal computers (per 1,000 people), 2003

1.8

Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2003

2.0