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Burundi vs Zimbabwe
How Burundi and Zimbabwe compare on 37 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Burundi was higher: 63.7 years against 62.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Zimbabwe was higher: $1,503 against $273
- Population · In 2023, Zimbabwe was higher: 16.3 million people against 13.7 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Burundi was higher: 3.24% of GDP against 0.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Zimbabwe was higher: 0.77 tonnes against 0.07 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBurundi: 63.7 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 62.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurundi: 4.7 per 100 live births in 2024Zimbabwe: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurundi: 35.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zimbabwe: 33.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurundi: 3.72% in 2017Zimbabwe: 3.19% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurundi: 12.6 per 100,000 people in 2017Zimbabwe: 26.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurundi: 13.7 million people in 2023Zimbabwe: 16.3 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurundi: 2.71% a year in 2023Zimbabwe: 1.68% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurundi: 4.88 births per woman in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.72 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurundi: 25.7% in 2025Zimbabwe: 40.5% in 2025
- Median ageBurundi: 15.9 years in 2023Zimbabwe: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurundi: 2.5% in 2023Zimbabwe: 3.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurundi: 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Zimbabwe: -6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurundi: 3.24% of GDP in 2025Zimbabwe: 0.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurundi: $169M in 2025Zimbabwe: $134M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurundi: $16 in 2025Zimbabwe: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurundi: 14.9% of government spending in 2025Zimbabwe: 5.3% of government spending in 2005
- Armed forces personnelBurundi: 31,000 people in 2020Zimbabwe: 51,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurundi: 0.06% of world capability in 2022Zimbabwe: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurundi: 0.59% of the labour force in 2020Zimbabwe: 0.88% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurundi: 2 million TIV in 2019Zimbabwe: 20 million TIV in 2023
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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