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Burundi vs Congo, Democratic Republic

108 shared metrics.

BurundiLeads in 38

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Congo, Democratic RepublicLeads in 70

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Burundi

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Burundi.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name dates from 1966 and is derived from the name of the local Bantu people, the Rundi or Barundi.

CIA 2026

Congo, Democratic Republic

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

DR Congo anchors much of the Congo Basin, the world's second-largest tropical rainforest after the Amazon.

UNESCO

Analysis

Congo, Democratic Republic leads in 70 of 108 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 38.

Burundi's Broadband Access (%) is 9180.8x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (202 per 100 people vs 0.02 per 100 people).

Burundi's Water Stress (%) is 35.6x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (2.8% vs 0.08%).

Burundi's Population Density is 10.4x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (533.08 /km² vs 46.66 /km²).

Burundi's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 5.7x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (183.67 gCO2/kWh vs 27.64 gCO2/kWh).

Burundi's High-Tech Exports (%) is 5.5x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (1.3% vs 0.20%).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

202 per 100 people

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.02 per 100 people

Water Stress (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

2.8%

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.08%

Population DensityBurundi leads

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Congo, Democratic Republic

46.66 /km²

Electricity Carbon IntensityBurundi leads

Burundi

183.67 gCO2/kWh

Congo, Democratic Republic

27.64 gCO2/kWh

High-Tech Exports (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

1.3%

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.20%

Capital ElevationBurundi leads

Burundi

1.5K m

Congo, Democratic Republic

240 m

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Burundi

202 per 100 people

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.02 per 100 people

918082% higher

Water Stress (%)

Burundi

2.8%

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.08%

3564% higher

Population Density

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Congo, Democratic Republic

46.66 /km²

1042% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Burundi

183.67 gCO2/kWh

Congo, Democratic Republic

27.64 gCO2/kWh

565% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Burundi

1.3%

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.20%

554% higher

Capital Elevation

Burundi

1.5K m

Congo, Democratic Republic

240 m

527% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Burundi

83.89%

Congo, Democratic Republic

15.48%

442% higher

Beer Consumption

Burundi

1.8 L/person/yr

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.45 L/person/yr

292% higher

Military Spending

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Congo, Democratic Republic

1.2% of GDP

209% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Burundi

48.4% of GDP

Congo, Democratic Republic

16% of GDP

203% higher

Official Languages Count

Burundi

3.0

Congo, Democratic Republic

1.0

200% higher

Women in Parliament (%)

Burundi

38.21%

Congo, Democratic Republic

13%

194% higher

Sanitation Access (%)

Burundi

44.63%

Congo, Democratic Republic

16.3%

174% higher

Health Spending (% GDP)

Burundi

8.4% of GDP

Congo, Democratic Republic

3.8% of GDP

122% higher

Alcohol Consumption

Burundi

4.2 L/adult/yr

Congo, Democratic Republic

1.9 L/adult/yr

117% higher

Irrigated Land

Burundi

230 km²

Congo, Democratic Republic

110 km²

109% higher

Forest Area

Congo, Democratic Republic

Burundi

2.8K km²

Congo, Democratic Republic

1.23M km²

100% lower

Land Area

Congo, Democratic Republic

Burundi

25.7K km²

Congo, Democratic Republic

2.27M km²

99% lower

Mobile Money Accounts

Congo, Democratic Republic

Burundi

0.75% of adults

Congo, Democratic Republic

35.12% of adults

98% lower

Airports

Congo, Democratic Republic

Burundi

6.0

Congo, Democratic Republic

267

98% lower

Comparison of Burundi and Congo, Democratic Republic across 108 metrics
				Winner
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	0.02 per 100 people	918082% higher	Burundi
Water Stress (%)	2.8%	0.08%	3564% higher	Burundi
Population Density	533.08 /km²	46.66 /km²	1042% higher	Burundi
Electricity Carbon Intensity	183.67 gCO2/kWh	27.64 gCO2/kWh	565% higher	Burundi
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.3%	0.20%	554% higher	Burundi
Capital Elevation	1.5K m	240 m	527% higher	Burundi
Agricultural Land (%)	83.89%	15.48%	442% higher	Burundi
Beer Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	0.45 L/person/yr	292% higher	Burundi
Military Spending	3.8% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	209% higher	Burundi
Government Debt (% GDP)	48.4% of GDP	16% of GDP	203% higher	Burundi
Official Languages Count	3.0	1.0	200% higher	Burundi
Women in Parliament (%)	38.21%	13%	194% higher	Burundi
Sanitation Access (%)	44.63%	16.3%	174% higher	Burundi
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.4% of GDP	3.8% of GDP	122% higher	Burundi
Alcohol Consumption	4.2 L/adult/yr	1.9 L/adult/yr	117% higher	Burundi
Irrigated Land	230 km²	110 km²	109% higher	Burundi
Forest Area	2.8K km²	1.23M km²	100% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Land Area	25.7K km²	2.27M km²	99% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Mobile Money Accounts	0.75% of adults	35.12% of adults	98% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Airports	6.0	267	98% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Electricity Generation	0.39 TWh	15.9 TWh	98% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Spirits Consumption	0.00 L/person/yr	0.05 L/person/yr	97% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Domestic Patents	2.0	72	97% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
GDP (Nominal)	$3,082,433,067.33	$70,962,185,790.71	96% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Electric Generating Capacity	131.0K kW	3.23M kW	96% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Foreign Patents	5.0	110	95% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Land Border Length	1.1K km	11.0K km	90% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Population	13.59M	119.04M	89% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Scientific Publications	27.99	237.5	88% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Digital Payments Used	4.3% of adults	37.07% of adults	88% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Credit Card Ownership	0.29% of adults	2.0% of adults	86% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Total CO2 Emissions	0.97 Mt CO2e	6.2 Mt CO2e	84% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Forest Coverage (%)	10.89%	54.19%	80% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Unemployment Rate	0.90%	4.6%	80% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Youth Unemployment Rate	1.7% of youth labor force	7.8% of youth labor force	79% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Armed Forces Personnel	31.0K	134.0K	77% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	4.1% of GDP	74% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Freedom of Expression Index	0.16	0.60	73% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.9% of GDP	2.8% of GDP	71% higher	Burundi
Border Neighbors	3.0	9.0	67% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Internet Users (%)	11%	31%	65% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Can Raise Emergency Money	33.16% of adults	90.95% of adults	64% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.08 per 1k	0.21 per 1k	62% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
GNI Per Capita	$260	$670	61% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Water Withdrawal	0.28 B m³	0.68 B m³	59% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Firms with Female Top Manager	11% of firms	22.74% of firms	52% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Inflation Rate	20.2%	41.5%	51% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Firms Asked for Bribes	14.01% of firms	28.54% of firms	51% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Teen Birth Rate	53.36 per 1k	106.88 per 1k	50% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Protected Land (%)	7.6%	14.9%	49% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Firms Making Informal Payments	13.17% of firms	25.91% of firms	49% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.12	48% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Electricity Access (%)	11.6%	22.1%	48% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Highest Elevation	2.7K m	5.1K m	47% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Urban Population (%)	24.83%	44.75%	45% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	17 days/yr	12 days/yr	42% higher	Burundi
Electoral Democracy Index	0.18	0.31	40% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.5 kg/person/yr	4.0 kg/person/yr	37% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Nurses & Midwives	0.76 per 1k	1.2 per 1k	36% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$1,194.95	$1,821.05	34% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Child Mortality	49.2 per 1k births	73.2 per 1k births	33% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	6.1%	33% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Infant Mortality	31.5 per 1k births	44.5 per 1k births	29% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	102.91 kg/person/yr	29% higher	Burundi
Death Rate	5.5 per 1k	7.4 per 1k	25% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Road Traffic Death Rate	12.3 per 100k	16.3 per 100k	25% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Obesity Rate	4.5%	5.8%	21% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	1.7 per 100k	1.4 per 100k	21% higher	Burundi
CO2 Per Capita	0.07 t/person/yr	0.05 t/person/yr	21% higher	Burundi
Firms Hit by Power Outages	93.88% of firms	77.36% of firms	21% higher	Burundi
Average Weekly Work Hours	40.27 hrs/week	33.54 hrs/week	20% higher	Burundi
Women's Political Empowerment	0.65	0.55	19% higher	Burundi
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	63 per 100 people	53 per 100 people	19% higher	Burundi
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.63% of GDP	10.66% of GDP	18% higher	Burundi
Elderly Population (%)	2.5%	3.1%	18% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Tobacco Use Prevalence	10.1% of adults	12.1% of adults	17% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Human Development Index	0.44	0.52	16% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Inequality (Gini)	37.5	44.7	16% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Corruption Perceptions Index	17 pts	20 pts	15% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Renewable Energy (%)	83%	96.3%	14% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Suicide Rate	7.7 per 100k	8.8 per 100k	13% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Women in Senior Management	25.67% of managers	29.58% of managers	13% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	29.65 µg/m³	26.65 µg/m³	11% higher	Burundi
Adult Literacy Rate	71.41%	65.69%	9% higher	Burundi
Fertility Rate	4.9 children/woman	5.4 children/woman	9% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Smoking Rate	11.2%	12.2%	8% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Dependency Ratio	89.5% of working-age pop.	96.5% of working-age pop.	7% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Birth Rate	35.91 per 1k	38.8 per 1k	7% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
University Enrollment Rate	6.0%	6.4%	6% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Hypertension Prevalence	36.3% of adults	34.3% of adults	6% higher	Burundi
Political Corruption Index	0.84	0.89	5% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Life Expectancy	63.7 years	61.9 years	3% higher	Burundi
Youth Population (%)	44.7%	46.03%	3% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.35% of adults	14.87% of adults	3% lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Median Age	15.9 years	15.8 years	1% higher	Burundi
Health Spending Per Capita	$24.69	$24.39	1% higher	Burundi
Informal Employment Share	98.04% of employed people	97.34% of employed people	1% higher	Burundi
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Burundi
Coastline Length	0 km	37 km	ranked lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Burundi
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Burundi
Solar Electricity Share	0%	15.77%	ranked lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
Lowest Elevation	772 m	0 m	ranked higher	Burundi
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-6.1% of GDP	-3.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	5.0 sites	ranked lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.01 per 100k people	ranked lower	Congo, Democratic Republic
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Burundi

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Analysis

Congo, Democratic Republic leads in 70 of 108 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 38.

Burundi's Broadband Access (%) is 9180.8x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (202 per 100 people vs 0.02 per 100 people).

Burundi's Water Stress (%) is 35.6x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (2.8% vs 0.08%).

Burundi's Population Density is 10.4x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (533.08 /km² vs 46.66 /km²).

Burundi's Electricity Carbon Intensity is 5.7x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (183.67 gCO2/kWh vs 27.64 gCO2/kWh).

Burundi's High-Tech Exports (%) is 5.5x that of Congo, Democratic Republic (1.3% vs 0.20%).

Key Comparisons

Broadband Access (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

202 per 100 people

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.02 per 100 people

Water Stress (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

2.8%

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.08%

Population DensityBurundi leads

Burundi

533.08 /km²

Congo, Democratic Republic

46.66 /km²

Electricity Carbon IntensityBurundi leads

Burundi

183.67 gCO2/kWh

Congo, Democratic Republic

27.64 gCO2/kWh

High-Tech Exports (%)Burundi leads

Burundi

1.3%

Congo, Democratic Republic

0.20%

Capital ElevationBurundi leads

Burundi

1.5K m

Congo, Democratic Republic

240 m

Broadband Access (%)

202 per 100 people

0.02 per 100 people

Water Stress (%)

2.8%

0.08%

Population Density

533.08 /km²

46.66 /km²

Electricity Carbon Intensity

183.67 gCO2/kWh

27.64 gCO2/kWh

High-Tech Exports (%)

1.3%

0.20%

Capital Elevation

1.5K m

240 m

Agricultural Land (%)

83.89%

15.48%

Beer Consumption

1.8 L/person/yr

0.45 L/person/yr

Military Spending

3.8% of GDP

1.2% of GDP

Government Debt (% GDP)

48.4% of GDP

16% of GDP

Official Languages Count

3.0

1.0

Women in Parliament (%)

38.21%

13%

Sanitation Access (%)

44.63%

16.3%

Health Spending (% GDP)

8.4% of GDP

3.8% of GDP

Alcohol Consumption

4.2 L/adult/yr

1.9 L/adult/yr

Irrigated Land

230 km²

110 km²

Forest Area

2.8K km²

1.23M km²

Land Area

25.7K km²

2.27M km²

Mobile Money Accounts

0.75% of adults

35.12% of adults

Airports

6.0

267

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Broadband Access (%)

Water Stress (%)

Population Density

Electricity Carbon Intensity

High-Tech Exports (%)

Capital Elevation

Agricultural Land (%)

Beer Consumption

Military Spending

Government Debt (% GDP)

Official Languages Count

Women in Parliament (%)

Sanitation Access (%)

Health Spending (% GDP)

Alcohol Consumption

Irrigated Land

Forest Area

Land Area

Mobile Money Accounts

Airports

Electricity Generation

Spirits Consumption

Domestic Patents

GDP (Nominal)

Electric Generating Capacity

Foreign Patents

Land Border Length

Population

Scientific Publications

Digital Payments Used

Credit Card Ownership

Total CO2 Emissions

Forest Coverage (%)

Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Armed Forces Personnel

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Freedom of Expression Index

Education Spending (% GDP)

Border Neighbors

Internet Users (%)

Can Raise Emergency Money

Doctors (per 1,000)

GNI Per Capita

Water Withdrawal

Firms with Female Top Manager

Inflation Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Teen Birth Rate

Protected Land (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Liberal Democracy Index

Electricity Access (%)

Highest Elevation

Urban Population (%)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Electoral Democracy Index

Seafood Consumption per Person

Nurses & Midwives

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Child Mortality

GDP Growth Rate

Infant Mortality

Food Waste per Person

Death Rate

Road Traffic Death Rate

Obesity Rate

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

CO2 Per Capita

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Average Weekly Work Hours

Women's Political Empowerment