Merchandise trade in Burundi
Burundi: Merchandise trade was 45.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Burundi, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for merchandise trade in Burundi is 45.2%, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.9% on the previous year and up 29.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Burundi peaked at 45.2% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.0%, in 1964.
Burundi ranks 125th of 204 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 14.3% | — |
| 1961 | 12.3% | -13.8% |
| 1962 | 13.1% | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 11.6% | -11.5% |
| 1964 | 10.0% | -14.0% |
| 1965 | 17.0% | +70.3% |
| 1966 | 18.1% | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 19.1% | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 20.7% | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 17.3% | -16.4% |
| 1970 | 19.0% | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 19.4% | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 23.5% | +21.3% |
| 1973 | 20.0% | -14.7% |
| 1974 | 21.4% | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 22.3% | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 26.5% | +18.9% |
| 1977 | 30.0% | +12.9% |
| 1978 | 27.4% | -8.6% |
| 1979 | 32.7% | +19.5% |
| 1980 | 25.3% | -22.6% |
| 1981 | 24.4% | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 29.7% | +22.0% |
| 1983 | 24.2% | -18.6% |
| 1984 | 29.3% | +21.0% |
| 1985 | 26.2% | -10.6% |
| 1986 | 29.6% | +13.2% |
| 1987 | 26.8% | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 31.1% | +16.3% |
| 1989 | 23.8% | -23.6% |
| 1990 | 27.0% | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 29.6% | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 27.1% | -8.5% |
| 1993 | 28.1% | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 37.2% | +32.2% |
| 1995 | 33.9% | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 19.1% | -43.6% |
| 1997 | 21.3% | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 25.0% | +17.3% |
| 1999 | 21.3% | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 22.7% | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 20.3% | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 19.3% | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 24.9% | +29.0% |
| 2004 | 24.4% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 29.3% | +20.1% |
| 2006 | 38.4% | +31.2% |
| 2007 | 27.9% | -27.4% |
| 2008 | 28.5% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 26.4% | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 30.0% | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 39.1% | +30.4% |
| 2012 | 38.0% | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 36.9% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 33.3% | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 34.8% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 28.3% | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 32.7% | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 33.4% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 37.2% | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 33.6% | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 34.7% | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 36.5% | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 41.2% | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 41.1% | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 45.2% | +9.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.4% | 10.0% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 24.2% | 19.0% | 32.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.0% | 23.8% | 31.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.9% | 19.1% | 37.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 26.2% | 19.3% | 38.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.4% | 28.3% | 39.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.7% | 33.6% | 45.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 122 Luxembourg 46.0% compare
- 123 Rwanda 45.9% compare
- 124 Sierra Leone 45.9% compare
- 126 Uzbekistan 44.5% compare
- 127 Saudi Arabia 44.2% compare
- 128 Vanuatu 43.8% compare
More private sector data for Burundi
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 15.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 332.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 23.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0987 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 89.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 82.56 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Burundi?
- Merchandise trade in Burundi was 45.2% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 45.2% in 2025.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.0% in 1964.
- How does Burundi rank for merchandise trade?
- Burundi ranks 125th out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.