Burundi

  • President:Evariste Ndayishimiye
  • Vice President:Prosper Bazombanza
  • Capital city:Bujumbura
  • Languages:Kirundi 29.7% (official), Kirundi and other language 9.1%, French (official) and French and other language 0.3%, Swahili and Swahili and other language 0.2% (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area), English and English and other language 0.06%, more than 2 languages 3.7%, unspecified 56.9% (2008 est.)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:14,220,671 (2025)
  • Area, sq km:25,680
  • GDP per capita, US$:154 (2024)
  • GDP, billion current US$:2.2 (2024)
  • GINI index:37.5 (2020)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:166

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    • September 2025
      Source: Global Innovation Index
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      Accessed On: 25 September, 2025
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      The Global Innovation Index 2023 captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 132 economies and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.  The GII 2023 tracks global innovation trends against a background of uncertainty caused by slow economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, high-interest rates, and geopolitical conflict, but with the promise of the Digital Age and Deep Science innovation waves and technological progress.