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Burundi is a landlocked, resource-poor country with an underdeveloped manufacturing sector. The economy is predominantly agricultural which accounts for about 35% of GDP and employs more than 90% of the population. Burundi's primary exports are coffee and tea, which account for 90% of foreign exchange earnings, though exports are a relatively small share of GDP. Burundi's export earning - and its ability to pay for imports - rests primarily on weather conditions and international coffee and tea prices. The Tutsi minority, 14% of the population, dominates the coffee trade. An ethnic-based war that lasted for over a decade resulted in more than 200,000 deaths, forced more than 48,000 refugees into Tanzania, and displaced 140,000 others internally. Only one in two children go to school, and approximately one in 15 adults has HIV/AIDS. Food, medicine, and electricity remain in short supply. Burundi's GDP grew around 4% annually in 2006-09. Political stability and the end of the civil war have improved aid flows and economic activity has increased, but underlying weaknesses - a high poverty rate, poor education rates, a weak legal system, and low administrative capacity - risk undermining planned economic reforms. Burundi will continue to remain heavily dependent on aid from bilateral and multilateral donors; the delay of funds after a corruption scandal cut off bilateral aid in 2007 reduced government's revenues and its ability to pay salaries. Burundi joined the East African Community, which should boost Burundi's regional trade ties. Burundi's main challenge to economic growth will be maintaining sufficient fiscal discipline and peace during the upcoming national elections scheduled for 2010.
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$3.245 billion (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 171
$3.136 billion (2008 est.)
$3.001 billion (2007 est.)
note:
data are in 2009 US dollars
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$1.321 billion (2009 est.)
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3.5% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
4.5% (2008 est.)
3.6% (2007 est.)
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$300 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 226
$300 (2008 est.)
$300 (2007 est.)
note:
data are in 2009 US dollars
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agriculture: 33.4%
industry:
20.7%
services:
45.9% (2009 est.)
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4.245 million (2007)
country comparison to the world: 84
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agriculture: 93.6%
industry:
2.3%
services:
4.1% (2002 est.)
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NA%
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68% (2002 est.)
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lowest 10%: 4.1%
highest 10%:
28% (2006)
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42.4 (1998)
country comparison to the world: 52
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19.8% of GDP (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
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revenues: $341.5 million
expenditures:
$417.4 million (2009 est.)
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11.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197
24.1% (2008 est.)
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10.08% (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 37
10.12% (31 December 2007)
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16.52% (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 36
16.84% (31 December 2007)
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$261.6 million (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 139
$208.7 million (31 December 2007)
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$189.9 million (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 149
$141 million (31 December 2007)
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$370 million (31 December 2008)
country comparison to the world: 125
$342 million (31 December 2007)
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$NA
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coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides
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light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing
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2% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 52
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92 million kWh (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
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125.6 million kWh (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 186
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0 kWh (2008 est.)
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40 million kWh; note - supplied by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007 est.)
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0 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 201
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3,000 bbl/day (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 144
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2,495 bbl/day (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 173
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 191
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 198
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
country comparison to the world: 198
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0 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 196
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-$159 million (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 84
-$143 million (2008 est.)
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$68 million (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 199
$61 million (2008 est.)
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coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
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Germany 21.6%, Switzerland 14.86%, Belgium 9.32%, Sweden 8.94%, Pakistan 5.82% (2009)
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$275 million (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 196
$342 million (2008 est.)
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capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
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Saudi Arabia 16.87%, Belgium 11.17%, Uganda 8.62%, Kenya 7.57%, China 5.66%, France 5.35%, Germany 4.46%, India 4.24%, Tanzania 4.21% (2009)
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$323 million (31 December 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 144
$266.7 million (31 December 2008 est.)
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$1.2 billion (2003)
country comparison to the world: 145
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Burundi francs (BIF) per US dollar - 1,227.75 (2009), 1,198 (2008), 1,065 (2007), 1,030 (2006), 1,138 (2005)
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