Current account balance in Burundi

The current account balance of Burundi was -13.7% of GDP in 2025.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1985 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2025 -13.7% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +1.9percentage points 2024: -15.6%

Current account balance in Burundi over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period Burundi
2025 -13.7%
2024 -15.6%
2023 -18.4%
2022 -15.3%
2021 -11.4%
2020 -10.9%
2019 -13.7%
2018 -13.4%
2017 -13.2%
2016 -12.5%
2015 -12.8%
2014 -15.8%
2013 -10.5%
2012 -11.2%
2011 -12.7%
2010 -14.8%
2009 -9.1%
2008 -16.1%
2007 -8.2%
2006 -10.5%
2005 -0.5%
2004 -3.5%
2003 -3.0%
2002 -0.4%
2001 -4.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.9 percentage points from -15.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -12.8%, the figure has changed by −0.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1985 to 2025 for Burundi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics