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Burundi: Current account balance (% of GDP)

-13.71percent · 2025-7.4% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for Burundi from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2025-13.715
2024-15.638
2023-18.361
2022-15.301
2021-11.366
2020-10.862
2019-13.689
2018-13.367
2017-13.191
2016-12.518
2015-12.772
2014-15.848
2013-10.541
2012-11.221
2011-12.684
2010-14.811
2009-9.078
2008-16.091
2007-8.207
2006-10.487
2005-0.51
2004-3.537
2003-3.046
2002-0.398
2001-4.187
2000-5.763
1999-2.612
1998-5.442
19970.63
1996-4.604
19951.044
1994-1.825
1993-2.995
1992-5.504
1991-2.85
1990-6.134
1989-1.031
1988-6.473
1987-8.417
1986-3.009
1985-3.59

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance-zs (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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