Burundi, year by year

Every index this site holds for Burundi, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.294 in 1990 to 0.439 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 63.8 years2024at birthUp 10.8 years from 53 years in 2005
Internet users: 9%2024of people onlineUp 8 points from 1% in 2006
Urban population: 26%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 16 points from 9% in 2006
Births per woman: 4.792024births per womanDown 1.92 from 6.71 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 83%2022of energy usedDown 13 points from 96% in 2004
Access to electricity: 20%2024of people with electricityUp 17 points from 3% in 2005
Infant mortality: 312024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 43 from 74 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 0 t in 2005
Forest area: 11%2023of land under forestUp 3 points from 8% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 5 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.294	45.2	—	—	7.37	94.6	—	92	0.0	10.8	—	—
1991	0.296	44.7	0.0	6.5	7.34	93.5	—	93	0.1	10.4	—	—
1992	0.294	44.5	0.0	6.7	7.30	94.3	—	94	0.0	10.1	—	—
1993	0.265	37.2	0.0	6.8	7.27	94.0	—	100	0.0	9.8	—	—
1994	0.298	44.5	0.0	7.0	7.23	93.9	—	95	0.1	9.5	—	—
1995	0.294	44.6	0.0	7.2	7.18	93.7	—	95	0.0	9.2	—	—
1996	0.292	44.8	0.0	7.3	7.12	93.5	—	104	0.0	8.8	—	—
1997	0.297	45.7	0.0	7.5	7.04	93.4	—	94	0.0	8.5	—	—
1998	0.303	46.7	0.0	7.7	6.96	93.2	4	92	0.1	8.2	—	—
1999	0.306	47.6	0.0	7.9	6.90	93.8	2	91	0.1	7.9	—	—
2000	0.308	47.6	0.1	8.0	6.87	93.2	3	88	0.1	7.5	—	—
2001	0.311	48.5	0.1	8.2	6.85	94.7	3	86	0.0	7.5	—	—
2002	0.324	49.9	0.1	8.4	6.82	94.6	3	84	0.0	7.5	—	—
2003	0.332	51.0	0.2	8.7	6.79	95.8	3	81	0.0	7.5	—	—
2004	0.344	52.2	0.3	8.9	6.75	96.0	4	77	0.0	7.5	—	—
2005	0.352	53.0	0.5	9.2	6.71	96.0	3	74	0.0	7.5	—	—
2006	0.376	54.0	0.7	9.5	6.66	95.3	3	70	0.0	7.5	162	580
2007	0.389	54.8	0.7	9.8	6.59	95.3	5	66	0.1	7.5	166	594
2008	0.401	55.6	0.8	10.1	6.52	95.0	5	62	0.0	7.5	190	609
2009	0.409	56.4	0.9	10.5	6.41	94.6	5	58	0.0	7.5	198	605
2010	0.416	57.1	1.0	11.0	6.26	93.2	5	55	0.0	7.5	217	614
2011	0.420	57.8	1.1	11.6	6.11	92.1	6	52	0.0	8.2	230	629
2012	0.425	58.5	1.2	12.2	5.99	91.7	7	49	0.0	8.9	231	637
2013	0.428	59.2	1.3	13.0	5.89	90.8	7	46	0.0	9.6	235	687
2014	0.431	59.8	1.0	13.8	5.79	91.3	7	44	0.0	10.2	251	724
2015	0.432	60.1	2.0	14.7	5.70	91.2	8	42	0.0	10.9	254	722
2016	0.436	60.8	2.2	15.6	5.59	89.6	9	40	0.0	10.9	233	764
2017	0.434	61.4	2.7	16.6	5.48	88.2	9	38	0.1	10.9	246	791
2018	0.434	61.8	4.0	17.7	5.38	85.7	10	37	0.1	10.9	246	823
2019	0.435	62.2	6.1	18.8	5.27	84.8	10	36	0.1	10.9	234	868
2020	0.435	62.6	6.4	19.9	5.18	83.4	9	35	0.1	10.9	253	946
2021	0.435	62.1	6.8	21.1	5.08	83.1	10	34	0.1	10.9	264	1032
2022	0.437	62.9	7.1	22.3	4.98	83.0	10	32	0.1	10.9	302	1101
2023	0.439	63.6	7.2	23.6	4.88	—	12	31	0.1	10.9	250	1147
2024	—	63.8	8.6	24.8	4.79	—	20	31	0.1	—	216	1193
2025	—	—	—	25.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	234	1248
On the profile	0.439	63.8	8.6	25.7	4.79	83.0	—	—	0.1	10.9	234	1248

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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