Burundi: Trade balance, in dollars

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 Burundi

Trade balance, billion USD

 Latest value -0.95
 Year 2025
 Measure billion U.S. dollars
 Data availability 1985 - 2025
 Average -0.40
 Min - Max -1.08 - -0.04
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2025 is -0.95 billion U.S. dollars, an increase from -0.97 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. In comparison, the world average is 6.17 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 94 countries. Historically, the average for Burundi from 1985 to 2025 is -0.4 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, -1.08 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 2022 while the maximum of -0.04 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 1997. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Burundi: Trade balance, in dollars
 2025 -0.95
 2024 -0.97
 2023 -1.06
 2022 -1.08
 2021 -0.86
 2020 -0.76
 2019 -0.72
 2018 -0.60




Definition: Net trade in goods and services is derived by offsetting imports of goods and services against exports of goods and services. Exports and imports of goods and services comprise all transactions involving a change of ownership of goods and services between residents of one country and the rest of the world. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

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 Terms of trade 125.40 2024 percent
 Financial openness -1.935 2022 index points
 Foreign Direct Investment, percent of GDP 1.04 2025 percent
 Foreign Direct Investment, billion dollars 0.03 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Portfolio investment inflows, equities 19.23 2025 million dollars (current)
 Current account, percent of GDP -13.71 2025 percent
 Current account, in dollars -0.46 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, in dollars -0.95 2025 billion U.S. dollars
 Reserves 0.09 2023 billion U.S. dollars
 Remittances, percent of GDP 8.12 2025 percent
 Remittances 273.06 2025 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions -80.21 2025 million USD
 External debt 24.30 2023 percent
 Short-term external debt 0.03 2023 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 0.33 2023 percent
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