Personal remittances received in Burundi

Personal remittances received by Burundi were equal to 8.1% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2004.

Measure: Personal remittances received Unit: % of GDP Data: 2004 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2025 8.1% % of GDP
Change from 2024 +0.3percentage points 2024: 7.8%
World, 2025 0.8% Official aggregate

Personal remittances received 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.

Personal remittances received (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period BurundiWorld
2025 8.1% 0.8%
2024 7.8% 0.8%
2023 5.7% 0.8%
2022 4.1% 0.8%
2021 4.9% 0.7%
2020 4.6% 0.8%
2019 3.2% 0.7%
2018 1.7% 0.7%
2017 1.2% 0.7%
2016 1.3% 0.7%
2015 1.8% 0.7%
2014 2.1% 0.7%
2013 2.0% 0.7%
2012 2.0% 0.7%
2011 2.0% 0.6%
2010 1.7% 0.6%
2009 1.6% 0.7%
2008 0.2% 0.6%
2007 0.0% 0.6%
2006 0.0% 0.6%
2005 0.0% 0.5%
2004 0.0% 0.5%
2003 – 0.5%
2002 – 0.5%
2001 – 0.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 7.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 1.8%, the figure has changed by +6.3 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BX.TRF.PWKR.DT.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2004 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: World Bank staff estimates based on IMF balance of payments data