Poverty & Inequality in Burundi 87 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Burundi. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 61.6% 111th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 58.2% 19th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.88 live births per woman 2023 down 17.2% 8th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,163 kg per hectare 2024 down 12.7% 156th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 22.2% 21st Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.3512 % change on previous year 2024 down 102.7% 108th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.501 2023 down 4.8% 38th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.9% 2023 up 34.2% 26th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1868 2023 down 18.8% 18th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1868 2023 down 18.8% 18th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.2119 2023 down 14.8% 17th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 32.4% 2020 down 5.8% 4th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 87.2% 2020 down 0.1% 3rd Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 97.4% 2020 up 0.3% 1st Prosperity gap 16.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2020 down 4.1% 4th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3952 2023 up 18.4% 36th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 46.5% 2020 down 3.3% 4th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 69.9% 2020 down 1.1% 3rd Population living in slums 36.8% 2022 down 33.9% 63rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.286 2023 up 1.4% 159th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.286 2023 up 1.4% 159th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.286 2023 up 1.4% 159th Proportion of population below international poverty line 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Three metrics of inequality 57.71 2020 down 1.7% 43rd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5771 2020 down 1.7% 43rd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 6.89 2023 up 63.0% 186th Income share held by second 20% 11.2% 2020 up 1.8% 80th Income share held by third 20% 15.3% 2020 up 2.0% 87th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.4% 2020 up 2.9% 91st Income share held by highest 20% 45.0% 2020 down 2.8% 42nd Income share held by highest 10% 29.9% 2020 down 3.5% 38th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.9% 2020 up 3.6% 53rd Income share held by lowest 20% 7.1% 2020 up 2.9% 67th Gini index 37.5 2020 down 2.8% 44th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 11.4% 2020 up 1.8% 63rd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 4.50 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2020 up 12.5% 14th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 32.4% 2020 down 5.7% 4th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 5.59 2024 up 91.0% 1st Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5481 2020 down 2.4% 37th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5481 2020 down 2.4% 37th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 5.6% 2024 up 91.4% 1st Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 671 2017 down 3.0% 159th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 47.1% 2020 down 2.7% 38th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 14.5% 2020 down 1.7% 57th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3746 2020 down 3.0% 39th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 9.40 million people 2020 up 16.7% 18th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 213,879 people 2020 up 20.4% 119th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 2,608 people 2020 down 14.9% 116th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 99.9% 2020 down 0.0% 6th Share of population living in extreme poverty 74.2% 2020 down 2.1% 3rd Page 1 of 2 Next →