Burundi: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Name: Burundi: Central government deficit (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1980–2025 · 46 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2025: −3.89%percent of GDP
Change on 2024: +0.8 pointsfrom −4.67%
Average, 2016–2025: −5.18%10 years
Record high and low: −0.134% (1991)low −14.8% (1983)

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Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2025	-3.89
2024	-4.67
2023	-6.10
2022	-5.11
2021	-2.85
2020	-6.28
2019	-5.99
2018	-4.87
2017	-6.29
2016	-5.78

Sources

African Development Bank1980–2025
IMF Government Finance Statistics1981
World Development Indicators1991–2021

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