Country Report Burundi February 2011

Economic structure: Annual indicators

	2006a	2007a	2008a	2009b	2010b
GDP at market prices (Bufr bn)	934.7	1,059.2	1,378.1	1,540.4a	1,739.4
GDP (US$ bn)	0.9	1.0	1.2	1.3a	1.4
Real GDP growth (%)	5.1	3.6	4.5	3.4	3.6
Consumer price inflation (av; %)	2.8	8.3	24.1	11.0a	10.0
Population (m)	7.6	7.8b	8.1b	8.3	8.5
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)	58.2	58.8	69.6b	68.2	81.7
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)	244.7	257.6	338.1b	275.4	336.6
Current-account balance (US$ m)	-134.1	-110.9	-68.5b	-126.6	-151.8
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)	130.5	176.3	265.7	322.0a	318.6
Exchange rate (av) Bufr:US$	1,028.7	1,081.9	1,185.7	1,230.2a	1,230.7
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates.

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Origins of gross domestic product 2005	% of total	Components of gross domestic product 2006	% of total
Agriculture	34.8	Private consumption	94.2
Industry	20.0	Government consumption	33.1
Services	45.1	Gross domestic investment	13.6
		Exports of goods & services	6.5
		Imports of goods & services	-47.3

Principal exports 2005	% of total	Principal imports 2005	% of total
Coffee	72.1	Capital goods	18.6
Tea	15.7	Intermediate goods	50.9
Manufactures	9.3	Consumption goods	29.8

Main destinations of exports 2009a	% of total	Main origins of imports 2009a	% of total
Germany	21.3	Saudi Arabia	15.9
Switzerland	15.7	Belgium	11.3
Belgium	9.2	Uganda	8.6
Sweden	8.8	Kenya	7.7
a Derived from partners’ trade returns.

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