Goods and services expense in Burundi
Burundi: Goods and services expense was 17.8% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Goods and services expense in Burundi, 1991–2021
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2021, goods and services expense in Burundi stood at 17.8%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Burundi peaked at 29.2% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 15.3%, in 2015.
That places Burundi 56th out of 154 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Goods and services expense in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 16.7% | — |
| 1992 | 17.1% | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 17.3% | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 19.0% | +9.7% |
| 1995 | 23.3% | +22.6% |
| 1996 | 29.1% | +24.7% |
| 1997 | 29.2% | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 26.9% | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 25.8% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 19.2% | -25.5% |
| 2011 | 18.7% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | -6.5% |
| 2013 | 18.6% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 16.0% | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 15.3% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 17.6% | +15.2% |
| 2017 | 16.5% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 15.5% | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 17.4% | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 17.8% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22.7% | 16.7% | 29.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 17.2% | 15.3% | 19.2% | 9 |
| 2020s | 17.6% | 17.4% | 17.8% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 53 Palau 18.4% compare
- 54 Macau, China 18.0% compare
- 55 Malawi 17.9% compare
- 57 Fiji 17.4% compare
- 58 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.0% compare
- 59 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17.0% compare
More public sector data for Burundi
- Arms imports 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.1632 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0007 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 200 % change on previous year (2016)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 2.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2019)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 12.23 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0566 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 18.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 171.83 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 77.88 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Burundi?
- Goods and services expense in Burundi was 17.8% in 2021, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 29.2% in 1997.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3% in 2015.
- How does Burundi rank for goods and services expense?
- Burundi ranks 56th out of 154 countries with data for 2021.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.