Services, value added (% of GDP) in Burundi
Burundi: Services, value added (% of GDP) was 42.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Services, value added in Burundi, 1970–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, services, value added in Burundi stood at 42.1%.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, services, value added in Burundi peaked at 47.8% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17.8%, in 1970.
Burundi ranks 183rd of 206 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Services, value added (% of GDP) in Burundi, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 17.8% | — |
| 1971 | 19.0% | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 21.5% | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 18.2% | -15.1% |
| 1974 | 19.5% | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 19.5% | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 20.6% | +5.7% |
| 1977 | 19.3% | -6.2% |
| 1978 | 20.6% | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 20.3% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 23.2% | +14.8% |
| 1981 | 24.0% | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 25.6% | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 25.5% | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 23.7% | -7.1% |
| 1985 | 23.1% | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 25.1% | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 25.5% | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 25.9% | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 23.4% | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 23.0% | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 23.3% | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 22.7% | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 22.4% | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 26.8% | +19.8% |
| 1995 | 28.5% | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 28.1% | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 32.6% | +15.8% |
| 1998 | 33.5% | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 35.7% | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 32.1% | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 35.0% | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 35.5% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 33.8% | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 34.0% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 37.2% | +9.3% |
| 2006 | 38.4% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 43.1% | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 41.2% | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 40.3% | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 40.6% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 41.8% | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 42.1% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 38.8% | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 42.4% | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 43.4% | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 40.3% | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 39.6% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 40.9% | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 42.0% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 47.8% | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 43.8% | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 43.7% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 43.8% | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 43.3% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 42.1% | -3.0% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 42.1% is above the median for low income countries, which is 41.9%, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 42.1% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 48.7%, 86% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.6% | 17.8% | 21.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.5% | 23.1% | 25.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.7% | 22.4% | 35.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 32.1% | 43.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.2% | 38.8% | 43.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.1% | 42.1% | 47.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 180 Mauritania 42.4% compare
- 181 Gabon 42.3% compare
- 182 Uganda 42.1% compare
- 184 Mozambique 42.0% compare
- 185 Papua New Guinea 42.0% compare
- 186 Yemen 41.8% compare
More economy & growth data for Burundi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.45 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5.01 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -67.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.0728 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -69.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.0532 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0609 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is services, value added in Burundi?
- Services, value added in Burundi was 42.1% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs).
- What is the highest services, value added recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 47.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest services, value added recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.8% in 1970.
- How does Burundi rank for services, value added?
- Burundi ranks 183rd out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is services, value added rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), published as part of Services, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Services industries correspond to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 45-99 and includes wholesale and retail trade, repair of motor vehicles, hotels and restaurants, transport, storage and communication, financial intermediation, real estate, renting and business activities, public administration and defence, compulsory social security, education, health and social work, other community, social and personal service activities, private households with employed persons, and extra-territorial organizations and bodies. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.