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Eight EAC partner states

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Burundi

EAC member since 2007 Gitega BIF

Reference rate 1 USD = 2,994 BIF 14 Oct 2026 · ExchangeRate-API, daily interbank reference rates
  • GDP $3.4 bn 2025 10.8 %
  • GDP growth 4.2 % 2025
  • Population 14.4 m 2025
  • GDP per capita $234 2025
  • Inflation 34.1 % 2025
  • Exports to the EAC 41.0 % 2023
Trade in goods

What Burundi buys and sells

UN Comtrade, 2023, as reported

Exports · 2023 $169.53 m -18.4 % vs 2022
Imports · 2023 $1.15 bn -8.7 % vs 2022
Trade balance · 2023 −$980.94 m

Exports to EAC partners$69.42 m

Imports from EAC partners$276.15 m

Top export destinations

  1. Dem. Rep. of the Congo EAC$46.4 m
  2. United Arab Emirates $35.5 m
  3. Switzerland $14.9 m
  4. Belgium $9.7 m
  5. Sudan $8.8 m
  6. Germany $6.2 m
  7. United Rep. of Tanzania EAC$6.2 m
  8. Kenya EAC$6.1 m

Top import origins

  1. United Arab Emirates $192.1 m
  2. China $168.4 m
  3. United Rep. of Tanzania EAC$144.1 m
  4. Saudi Arabia $93.2 m
  5. India $87.5 m
  6. Kenya EAC$59.0 m
  7. Uganda EAC$52.1 m
  8. Japan $45.2 m

GDP growth, % per year

Consumer price inflation, % per year

Sellers

Sellers from Burundi

All sellers
Sources. Indicators from the World Bank World Development Indicators; trade from UN Comtrade; tenders from the World Bank procurement notices; exchange rate from the daily reference rates. Updated automatically. World Bank · UN Comtrade · World Bank procurement · Reference rate