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Burundi vs Rwanda

110 shared metrics.

BurundiLeads in 41

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RwandaLeads in 69

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Burundi

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

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.

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Rwanda

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Republic of Rwanda.

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Curated stat

Rwanda's life expectancy has risen dramatically since 2000.

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Analysis

Rwanda leads in 69 of 110 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 41.

Burundi's Inflation Rate is 10.2x that of Rwanda (20.2% vs 1.8%).

Burundi's Military Spending is 2.0x that of Rwanda (3.8% of GDP vs 1.2% of GDP).

Burundi's Foreign Patents is 1.5x that of Rwanda (5.0 vs 2.0).

Burundi's Irrigated Land is 1.4x that of Rwanda (230 km² vs 96 km²).

Burundi's Political Corruption Index is 1.0x that of Rwanda (0.84 vs 0.42).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateBurundi leads

Burundi

20.2%

Rwanda

1.8%

Military SpendingBurundi leads

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Rwanda

1.2% of GDP

Foreign PatentsBurundi leads

Burundi

5.0

Rwanda

2.0

Irrigated LandBurundi leads

Burundi

230 km²

Rwanda

96 km²

Political Corruption IndexBurundi leads

Burundi

0.84

Rwanda

0.42

Spirits ConsumptionRwanda leads

Burundi

0.00 L/person/yr

Rwanda

0.16 L/person/yr

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

Burundi

20.2%

Rwanda

1.8%

1022% higher

Military Spending

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Rwanda

1.2% of GDP

205% higher

Foreign Patents

Burundi

5.0

Rwanda

2.0

150% higher

Irrigated Land

Burundi

230 km²

Rwanda

96 km²

140% higher

Political Corruption Index

Burundi

0.84

Rwanda

0.42

102% higher

Spirits Consumption

Rwanda

Burundi

0.00 L/person/yr

Rwanda

0.16 L/person/yr

99% lower

Mobile Money Accounts

Rwanda

Burundi

0.75% of adults

Rwanda

31.11% of adults

98% lower

Scientific Publications

Rwanda

Burundi

27.99

Rwanda

352.94

92% lower

Unemployment Rate

Rwanda

Burundi

0.90%

Rwanda

11.99%

92% lower

Youth Unemployment Rate

Rwanda

Burundi

1.7% of youth labor force

Rwanda

16.41% of youth labor force

90% lower

Digital Payments Used

Rwanda

Burundi

4.3% of adults

Rwanda

38.92% of adults

89% lower

Domestic Patents

Rwanda

Burundi

2.0

Rwanda

86% lower

Electricity Access (%)

Rwanda

Burundi

11.6%

Rwanda

63.9%

82% lower

GDP (Nominal)

Rwanda

Burundi

$3,082,433,067.33

Rwanda

$14,251,642,235.1

78% lower

GNI Per Capita

Rwanda

Burundi

$260

Rwanda

$1,040

75% lower

Teen Birth Rate

Burundi

53.36 per 1k

Rwanda

30.78 per 1k

73% higher

High-Tech Exports (%)

Rwanda

Burundi

1.3%

Rwanda

4.8%

73% lower

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Rwanda

Burundi

1.1% of GDP

Rwanda

4.0% of GDP

73% lower

Corruption Perceptions Index

Rwanda

Burundi

17 pts

Rwanda

58 pts

71% lower

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Rwanda

Burundi

int. $1,248.05

Rwanda

int. $4,164.44

70% lower

Comparison of Burundi and Rwanda across 110 metrics
				Winner
Inflation Rate	20.2%	1.8%	1022% higher	Burundi
Military Spending	3.8% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	205% higher	Burundi
Foreign Patents	5.0	2.0	150% higher	Burundi
Irrigated Land	230 km²	96 km²	140% higher	Burundi
Political Corruption Index	0.84	0.42	102% higher	Burundi
Spirits Consumption	0.00 L/person/yr	0.16 L/person/yr	99% lower	Rwanda
Mobile Money Accounts	0.75% of adults	31.11% of adults	98% lower	Rwanda
Scientific Publications	27.99	352.94	92% lower	Rwanda
Unemployment Rate	0.90%	11.99%	92% lower	Rwanda
Youth Unemployment Rate	1.7% of youth labor force	16.41% of youth labor force	90% lower	Rwanda
Digital Payments Used	4.3% of adults	38.92% of adults	89% lower	Rwanda
Domestic Patents	2.0	14	86% lower	Rwanda
Electricity Access (%)	11.6%	63.9%	82% lower	Rwanda
GDP (Nominal)	$3,082,433,067.33	$14,251,642,235.1	78% lower	Rwanda
GNI Per Capita	$260	$1,040	75% lower	Rwanda
Teen Birth Rate	53.36 per 1k	30.78 per 1k	73% higher	Burundi
High-Tech Exports (%)	1.3%	4.8%	73% lower	Rwanda
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.1% of GDP	4.0% of GDP	73% lower	Rwanda
Corruption Perceptions Index	17 pts	58 pts	71% lower	Rwanda
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $1,248.05	int. $4,164.44	70% lower	Rwanda
Internet Users (%)	11%	34%	68% lower	Rwanda
Health Spending Per Capita	$24.69	$76.84	68% lower	Rwanda
Electricity Generation	0.39 TWh	1.1 TWh	63% lower	Rwanda
Credit Card Ownership	0.29% of adults	0.73% of adults	61% lower	Rwanda
Firms with Female Top Manager	11% of firms	28.1% of firms	61% lower	Rwanda
Total CO2 Emissions	0.97 Mt CO2e	2.3 Mt CO2e	58% lower	Rwanda
Water Stress (%)	2.8%	6.4%	57% lower	Rwanda
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	1.7 per 100k	4.0 per 100k	57% lower	Rwanda
Firms Hit by Power Outages	93.88% of firms	60.59% of firms	55% higher	Burundi
Electric Generating Capacity	131.0K kW	294.0K kW	55% lower	Rwanda
Water Withdrawal	0.28 B m³	0.61 B m³	54% lower	Rwanda
Fertility Rate	4.9 children/woman	3.2 children/woman	54% higher	Burundi
CO2 Per Capita	0.07 t/person/yr	0.14 t/person/yr	54% lower	Rwanda
GDP Growth Rate	4.1%	8.9%	54% lower	Rwanda
Insufficient Physical Activity	14.35% of adults	9.6% of adults	50% higher	Burundi
Electricity Carbon Intensity	183.67 gCO2/kWh	353.98 gCO2/kWh	48% lower	Rwanda
Sanitation Access (%)	44.63%	81.33%	45% lower	Rwanda
Alcohol Consumption	4.2 L/adult/yr	2.9 L/adult/yr	45% higher	Burundi
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.5 kg/person/yr	4.5 kg/person/yr	44% lower	Rwanda
Birth Rate	35.91 per 1k	25.05 per 1k	43% higher	Burundi
Highest Elevation	2.7K m	4.5K m	41% lower	Rwanda
Women in Parliament (%)	38.21%	63.75%	40% lower	Rwanda
Firms Making Informal Payments	13.17% of firms	9.4% of firms	40% higher	Burundi
Average Weekly Work Hours	40.27 hrs/week	29.2 hrs/week	38% higher	Burundi
Milk Consumption per Person	4.6 kg/person/yr	7.2 kg/person/yr	36% lower	Rwanda
University Enrollment Rate	6.0%	9.4%	36% lower	Rwanda
Elderly Population (%)	2.5%	3.9%	36% lower	Rwanda
Vehicles per 1,000 People	9.7 per 1k people	15.11 per 1k people	36% lower	Rwanda
Liberal Democracy Index	0.06	0.09	33% lower	Rwanda
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	63 per 100 people	91.46 per 100 people	31% lower	Rwanda
Government Debt (% GDP)	48.4% of GDP	37.3% of GDP	30% higher	Burundi
Dependency Ratio	89.5% of working-age pop.	70.32% of working-age pop.	27% higher	Burundi
Food Waste per Person	132.82 kg/person/yr	181.48 kg/person/yr	27% lower	Rwanda
Beer Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	1.4 L/person/yr	25% higher	Burundi
Airports	6.0	8.0	25% lower	Rwanda
Official Languages Count	3.0	4.0	25% lower	Rwanda
Border Neighbors	3.0	4.0	25% lower	Rwanda
Human Development Index	0.44	0.58	24% lower	Rwanda
Child Mortality	49.2 per 1k births	40 per 1k births	23% higher	Burundi
Land Border Length	1.1K km	930 km	23% higher	Burundi
Smoking Rate	11.2%	14.3%	22% lower	Rwanda
Youth Population (%)	44.7%	37.36%	20% higher	Burundi
Hypertension Prevalence	36.3% of adults	30.5% of adults	19% higher	Burundi
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	76.5%	94.2%	19% lower	Rwanda
Lowest Elevation	772 m	950 m	19% lower	Rwanda
Median Age	15.9 years	19.4 years	18% lower	Rwanda
Women in Senior Management	25.67% of managers	30.78% of managers	17% lower	Rwanda
Urban Population (%)	24.83%	29.89%	17% lower	Rwanda
Protected Land (%)	7.6%	9.1%	16% lower	Rwanda
Firms Asked for Bribes	14.01% of firms	12.32% of firms	14% higher	Burundi
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	17 days/yr	15 days/yr	13% higher	Burundi
Death Rate	5.5 per 1k	4.9 per 1k	13% higher	Burundi
Suicide Rate	7.7 per 100k	8.7 per 100k	12% lower	Rwanda
Armed Forces Personnel	31.0K	35.0K	11% lower	Rwanda
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.08 per 1k	0.09 per 1k	11% lower	Rwanda
Agricultural Land (%)	83.89%	76.33%	10% higher	Burundi
Tobacco Use Prevalence	10.1% of adults	9.3% of adults	9% higher	Burundi
Adult Literacy Rate	71.41%	78.76%	9% lower	Rwanda
Informal Employment Share	98.04% of employed people	90.06% of employed people	9% higher	Burundi
Health Spending (% GDP)	8.4% of GDP	7.9% of GDP	7% higher	Burundi
Population Density	533.08 /km²	565.65 /km²	6% lower	Rwanda
Life Expectancy	63.7 years	67.8 years	6% lower	Rwanda
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.63% of GDP	13.51% of GDP	6% lower	Rwanda
Can Raise Emergency Money	33.16% of adults	35.18% of adults	6% lower	Rwanda
Road Traffic Death Rate	12.3 per 100k	11.6 per 100k	6% higher	Burundi
Inequality (Gini)	37.5	39.4	5% lower	Rwanda
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	29.65 µg/m³	31.29 µg/m³	5% lower	Rwanda
Women's Political Empowerment	0.65	0.63	4% higher	Burundi
Forest Coverage (%)	10.89%	11.31%	4% lower	Rwanda
Land Area	25.7K km²	24.7K km²	4% higher	Burundi
Renewable Energy (%)	83%	79.9%	4% higher	Burundi
Electoral Democracy Index	0.18	0.19	4% lower	Rwanda
Education Spending (% GDP)	4.9% of GDP	4.7% of GDP	4% higher	Burundi
Capital Elevation	1.5K m	1.6K m	4% lower	Rwanda
Freedom of Expression Index	0.16	0.17	4% lower	Rwanda
Infant Mortality	31.5 per 1k births	30.5 per 1k births	3% higher	Burundi
Obesity Rate	4.5%	4.6%	1% lower	Rwanda
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Burundi
Population	13.59M	13.62M	equal	Rwanda
Coastline Length	0 km	0 km	ranked higher	Burundi
Coal Electricity Share	0%	15.04%	ranked lower	Rwanda
Wind Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Burundi
Solar Electricity Share	0%	3.5%	ranked lower	Rwanda
Forest Area	2.8K km²	2.8K km²	equal	Burundi
Broadband Access (%)	202 per 100 people	202 per 100 people	equal	Burundi
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Burundi
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-6.1% of GDP	-13% of GDP	ranked higher	Burundi
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	0 sites	2.0 sites	ranked lower	Rwanda
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 100k people	0.05 per 100k people	ranked lower	Rwanda
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

Rwanda leads in 69 of 110 shared metrics, while Burundi leads in 41.

Burundi's Inflation Rate is 10.2x that of Rwanda (20.2% vs 1.8%).

Burundi's Military Spending is 2.0x that of Rwanda (3.8% of GDP vs 1.2% of GDP).

Burundi's Foreign Patents is 1.5x that of Rwanda (5.0 vs 2.0).

Burundi's Irrigated Land is 1.4x that of Rwanda (230 km² vs 96 km²).

Burundi's Political Corruption Index is 1.0x that of Rwanda (0.84 vs 0.42).

Key Comparisons

Inflation RateBurundi leads

Burundi

20.2%

Rwanda

1.8%

Military SpendingBurundi leads

Burundi

3.8% of GDP

Rwanda

1.2% of GDP

Foreign PatentsBurundi leads

Burundi

5.0

Rwanda

2.0

Irrigated LandBurundi leads

Burundi

230 km²

Rwanda

96 km²

Political Corruption IndexBurundi leads

Burundi

0.84

Rwanda

0.42

Spirits ConsumptionRwanda leads

Burundi

0.00 L/person/yr

Rwanda

0.16 L/person/yr

Inflation Rate

20.2%

1.8%

Military Spending

3.8% of GDP

1.2% of GDP

Foreign Patents

5.0

2.0

Irrigated Land

230 km²

96 km²

Political Corruption Index

0.84

0.42

Spirits Consumption

0.00 L/person/yr

0.16 L/person/yr

Mobile Money Accounts

0.75% of adults

31.11% of adults

Scientific Publications

27.99

352.94

Unemployment Rate

0.90%

11.99%

Youth Unemployment Rate

1.7% of youth labor force

16.41% of youth labor force

Digital Payments Used

4.3% of adults

38.92% of adults

Domestic Patents

2.0

Electricity Access (%)

11.6%

63.9%

GDP (Nominal)

$3,082,433,067.33

$14,251,642,235.1

GNI Per Capita

$260

$1,040

Teen Birth Rate

53.36 per 1k

30.78 per 1k

High-Tech Exports (%)

1.3%

4.8%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

1.1% of GDP

4.0% of GDP

Corruption Perceptions Index

17 pts

58 pts

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

int. $1,248.05

int. $4,164.44

Burundi vs Rwanda

What matters for both sides

Burundi

Rwanda

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Inflation Rate

Military Spending

Foreign Patents

Irrigated Land

Political Corruption Index

Spirits Consumption

Mobile Money Accounts

Scientific Publications

Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

Digital Payments Used

Domestic Patents

Electricity Access (%)

GDP (Nominal)

GNI Per Capita

Teen Birth Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Corruption Perceptions Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Internet Users (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Electricity Generation

Credit Card Ownership

Firms with Female Top Manager

Total CO2 Emissions

Water Stress (%)

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Withdrawal

Fertility Rate

CO2 Per Capita

GDP Growth Rate

Insufficient Physical Activity

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Sanitation Access (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Seafood Consumption per Person

Birth Rate

Highest Elevation

Women in Parliament (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Average Weekly Work Hours

Milk Consumption per Person

University Enrollment Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Liberal Democracy Index

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Government Debt (% GDP)

Dependency Ratio

Food Waste per Person

Beer Consumption

Airports

Official Languages Count

Border Neighbors

Human Development Index

Child Mortality

Land Border Length

Smoking Rate

Youth Population (%)

Hypertension Prevalence

Skilled Birth Attendance (%)

Lowest Elevation

Median Age

Women in Senior Management

Urban Population (%)

Protected Land (%)

Firms Asked for Bribes

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Death Rate

Suicide Rate