DP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 44.9%
industry: 20.9%
services: 34.1% (2006 est.)

Labor force:
2.99 million (2002)

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 93.6%
industry: 2.3%
services: 4.1% (2002 est.)

Unemployment rate:
NA%

Population below poverty line:
68% (2002 est.)

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.8%
highest 10%: 32.9% (1998)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:
33.3 (1998)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
11% (2006 est.)

Investment (gross fixed):
11.9% of GDP (2006 est.)

Budget:
revenues: $239.9 million
expenditures: $297 million; including capital expenditures of $NA
(2006 est.)

Agriculture - products:
coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet potatoes, bananas, manioc
(tapioca); beef, milk, hides

Industries:
light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of
imported components; public works construction; food processing

Industrial production growth rate:
18% (2001)

Electricity - production:
137 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 0.6%
hydro: 99.4%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
157.4 million kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
30 million kWh; note - supplied by the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (2004)

Oil - production:
0 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - consumption:
3,100 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Oil - imports:
NA bbl/day (2001)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Current account balance:
$-57.84 million (2006 est.)

Exports:
$55.68 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Exports - commodities:
coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides

Exports - partners:
Germany 24.6%, Belgium 11.2%, Netherlands 8.1%, Switzerland 5.9%,
US 4.7% (2005)

Imports:
$207.3 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Imports - commodities:
capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs

Imports - partners:
Kenya 12.9%, Tanzania 10.5%, Belgium 10.4%, Italy 8.1%, France
5.4%, Uganda 5.3%, China 5%, India 4.1% (2005)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$87.69 million (2006 est.)

Debt - external:
$1.2 billion (2003)

Economic aid - recipient:
$105.5 million (2003)

Currency (code):
Burundi franc (BIF)

Currency code:
BIF

Exchange