Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Burundi
Burundi: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 5.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Burundi, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Burundi is 5.6%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 15.7% on the previous year and up 91.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Burundi peaked at 8.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2000.
Burundi ranks 1st of 149 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6% | — |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +52.1% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | +4.6% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | +72.6% |
| 2005 | 2.3% | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 3.4% | +48.9% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | +19.9% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +32.8% |
| 2009 | 5.1% | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 5.3% | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | -27.4% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 2.9% | -23.2% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -15.4% |
| 2016 | 5.2% | +110.5% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | -9.6% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | +18.5% |
| 2019 | 8.1% | +45.4% |
| 2020 | 5.7% | -29.5% |
| 2021 | 6.0% | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 5.5% | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 4.8% | -11.9% |
| 2024 | 5.6% | +15.7% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 5.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.5%, 3.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 5.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 8.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 0.6% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 2.5% | 8.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.5% | 4.8% | 6.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More poverty & inequality data for Burundi
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.88 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,163 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -0.3512 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.501 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 27.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Burundi?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Burundi was 5.6% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2000.
- How does Burundi rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Burundi ranks 1st out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 91.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).