Burundi vs Rwanda
Burundi vs Rwanda: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 34% a year in Burundi and 7% a year in Rwanda, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Burundi, by 27 percentage points, or 4.83 times that in Rwanda.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Burundi has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Rwanda.
- In 2025, Burundi ranked 8 and Rwanda ranked 32 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Burundi at 10.3% a year and Rwanda at 5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Burundi | Rwanda |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | 7 |
| 2024 | 20.4 | 4.8 |
| 2023 | 27 | 14 |
| 2022 | 19 | 13.9 |
| 2021 | 8.3 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| 2019 | -0.9 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | -2.8 | 1.4 |
| 2017 | 15.8 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
| 2015 | 5.5 | 2.5 |
| 2014 | 4.4 | 1.8 |
| 2013 | 7.9 | 4.2 |
| 2012 | 18.2 | 6.3 |
| 2011 | 9.6 | 5.7 |
| 2010 | 6.5 | 2.3 |
| 2009 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| 2008 | 24.4 | 15.4 |
| 2007 | 8.4 | 9.1 |
| 2006 | 2.7 | 8.8 |
| 2005 | 13.3 | 9.1 |
| 2004 | 8.2 | 12 |
| 2003 | 10.7 | 7.4 |
| 2002 | -1.4 | 2 |
| 2001 | 9.3 | 3.4 |
| 2000 | 24.4 | 3.9 |
| 1999 | 3.2 | -2 |
| 1998 | 12.7 | 8.8 |
| 1997 | 31.4 | 11.8 |
| 1996 | 26.9 | 13.2 |
| 1995 | 18.9 | 56 |
| 1994 | 14.6 | 21 |
| 1993 | 9.7 | 12.5 |
| 1992 | 1.8 | 9.5 |
| 1991 | 8.8 | 19.6 |
| 1990 | 7 | 4.2 |
| 1989 | 11.6 | 1 |
| 1988 | 4.6 | 2.9 |
| 1987 | 7.1 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 1.8 | -1.1 |
| 1985 | 3.8 | 1.7 |
| 1984 | 14.3 | 5.4 |
| 1983 | 8.3 | 6.6 |
| 1982 | 5.2 | 12.6 |
| 1981 | 12.6 | 6.4 |
| 1980 | 1.2 | 7.2 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Burundi | Rwanda |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10.5 | 12.3 |
| 2027 | 12.2 | 7.9 |
| 2028 | 13.1 | 5 |
| 2029 | 12.3 | 5 |
| 2030 | 11.7 | 5 |
| 2031 | 10.3 | 5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- 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 179 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 Rwanda
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Rwanda: 67.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Rwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Rwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Rwanda: 3.87% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Rwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Rwanda: 14 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Rwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Rwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Rwanda: 30.9% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Rwanda: 19.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Rwanda: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Rwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Rwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurundi: $169M in 2025Rwanda: $194M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Rwanda: $13 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Rwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Rwanda: 35,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Rwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Rwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Rwanda: 37 million TIV in 2023