Burundi vs Congo - Kinshasa
Burundi vs Congo - Kinshasa: Government debt
Government debt: 42% of GDP in Burundi in 2025 and 17.2% of GDP in Congo - Kinshasa in 2023, by IMF estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Burundi, by 43.2 percentage points, or 3.51 times that in Congo - Kinshasa.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Burundi has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Congo - Kinshasa.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 37.5% of GDP and Congo - Kinshasa at 32.6% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Burundi | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 20.4 |
| 2024 | 53.8 | 17.3 |
| 2023 | 60.4 | 17.2 |
| 2022 | 68.5 | 16.6 |
| 2021 | 66.4 | 15.6 |
| 2020 | 65.9 | 12.8 |
| 2019 | 60.1 | 9.7 |
| 2018 | 53 | 9.2 |
| 2017 | 46.9 | 8.4 |
| 2016 | 46.1 | 10.6 |
| 2015 | 39.9 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 37.9 | 8.7 |
| 2013 | 37.9 | 8.3 |
| 2012 | 41.4 | 7.6 |
| 2011 | 42.7 | 7.8 |
| 2010 | 46.9 | 31.8 |
| 2009 | 25.7 | 91.6 |
| 2008 | 102.5 | 80.3 |
| 2007 | 129.6 | 85.1 |
| 2006 | 130.3 | 107.5 |
| 2005 | 137 | 112 |
| 2004 | 166.1 | 164.1 |
| 2003 | 159.9 | 114.5 |
| 2002 | 144.8 | 136 |
| 2001 | 113.6 | 185.4 |
| 2000 | 120 | 135 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Burundi | Congo - Kinshasa |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40.4 | 23.7 |
| 2027 | 41.1 | 26.9 |
| 2028 | 39.1 | 28.4 |
| 2029 | 37.6 | 30 |
| 2030 | 37.9 | 31.5 |
| 2031 | 37.5 | 32.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Burundi vs Congo - Kinshasa
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 61.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Congo - Kinshasa: 9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 49.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 3.96% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Congo - Kinshasa: 11.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 106 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.26% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 6.05 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 45.1% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 15.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: 3.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Congo - Kinshasa: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 1.38% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurundi: $169M in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $1.08B in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: $11 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Congo - Kinshasa: 8.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 134,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Congo - Kinshasa: 0.59% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Congo - Kinshasa: 0.41% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Congo - Kinshasa: 44 million TIV in 2025