7 million kWh (1998)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 1.57%
hydro: 98.43%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (1998)
Electricity - consumption: 153 million kWh (1998)
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (1998)
Electricity - imports: 35 million kWh
note: imports some electricity from Democratic Republic of the Congo
(1998)
Agriculture - products: coffee, cotton, tea, corn, sorghum, sweet
potatoes, bananas, manioc (tapioca); beef, milk, hides
Exports: $56 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities: coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides
Exports - partners: UK, Germany, Benelux, Switzerland (1998)
Imports: $108 million (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities: capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
Imports - partners: Benelux, France, Zambia, Germany, Kenya, Japan
(1998)
Debt - external: $1.247 billion (1997 est.)
Economic aid - recipient: $1.344 billion (1999 est.)
Currency: 1 Burundi franc (FBu) = 100 centimes
Exchange rates: Burundi francs (FBu) per US$1 - 626.79 (January 2000),
563.56 (1999), 477.77 (1998), 352.35 (1997), 302.75 (1996), 249.76
(1995)
Fiscal year: calendar year
@Burundi:Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 17,000 (1995)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 343 (1995)
Telephone system: primitive system
domestic: sparse system of open wire, radiotelephone communications,
and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations: AM 2, FM 2, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 440,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1999)
Televisions: 25,000 (1997)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): NA
@Burundi:Transportation
Railways: 0 km
Highways:
total: 14,480 km
paved: 1,028 km
unpaved: 13,452 km (1996 est.)
Waterways: Lake Tanganyika
Ports and harbors: Bujumbura
Airports: 4 (1999 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (1999 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 3
914 to 1,523 m: 2
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)
@Burundi:Military
Military branches: Army (includes naval and air units), paramilitary
Gendarmerie
Military manpower - military age: 16 years of age
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,344,177 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 701,367 (2000 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 76,866 (2000 est.)
Military expenditures - doll
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