Gender in Burundi

213 indicators covering gender for Burundi.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 6,524 2030 up 10.1% 58th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.6397 % change on previous year 2030 down 69.6% 49th
Population 9,658 2030 up 44.3% 82nd
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 9,658 2030 up 44.3% 82nd
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 3.48 % change on previous year 2030 down 6.4% 4th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 224,447 2025 up 1.7% 58th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 228,639 2025 up 1.9% 58th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 220,998 2025 up 2.2% 58th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 224,797 2025 up 2.7% 59th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 217,921 2025 up 2.9% 58th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 221,621 2025 up 3.5% 59th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 215,515 2025 up 3.9% 57th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 218,977 2025 up 4.6% 60th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 213,395 2025 up 5.1% 58th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 216,584 2025 up 5.8% 59th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 210,881 2025 up 8.3% 57th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 213,864 2025 up 9.0% 61st
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 22.11 2027 up 11.1% 175th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.653 2025 up 10.3% 122nd
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.419 2025 up 108.5% 142nd
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.553 2025 down 5.8% 133rd
Women's Political Participation Index 0.981 2025 up 0.8% 59th
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.653 2025 up 10.3% 122nd
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.653 2025 up 10.3% 122nd
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -2.1 % change on previous year 2025 up 67.6% 139th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.653 2025 up 10.3% 122nd
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 4.3% 2024 up 53.5% 194th
Prevalence of obesity, male 6.1% 2024 up 69.6% 169th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 17.76 years 2024 up 5.5% 188th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 17 years 2024 up 8.7% 141st
Share of women who are obese 4.3% 2024 up 53.8% 197th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 12.1% 2024 up 21.2% 199th
Share of overweight men vs. women 22.2% 2024 up 34.9% 173rd
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 66.7% 2024 up 12.3% 195th
Share of women who are married or in a union 5.9% 2017 down 36.2% 112th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0046 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 15.9% 1st
Population, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year 2024 down 24.2% 25th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 7.9% 11th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 12.11 kilocalories per day per capita 2022 up 20.7% 192nd
Women, Business and the Law Index 76.25 index (0–100) 2023 up 4.3% 116th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 122nd
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 6.5% 10th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 533.08 units per square kilometre 2023 up 31.1% 11th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 5.8% 178th
Labor force, female 3.26 million 2025 up 35.3% 62nd
Labor force, female, per capita 0.2263 units per person 2025 up 3.9% 63rd
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.17 index 2025 up 1.2% 11th