Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Burundi
Burundi: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 10.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Burundi, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 10.3% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025.
The figure is down 50.1% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Burundi peaked at 27.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 2004.
Burundi ranks 125th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Burundi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.7% | — |
| 2001 | 11.4% | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 12.5% | +9.2% |
| 2004 | 9.2% | -26.5% |
| 2005 | 11.0% | +19.4% |
| 2008 | 12.6% | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 16.3% | +29.2% |
| 2010 | 16.6% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 15.0% | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 16.4% | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 17.2% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 23.8% | +38.3% |
| 2015 | 27.5% | +15.3% |
| 2016 | 20.8% | -24.4% |
| 2017 | 19.8% | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 19.5% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 21.2% | +8.7% |
| 2020 | 20.7% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 20.4% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 20.6% | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 10.3% | -50.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.0% | 9.2% | 16.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 19.8% | 15.0% | 27.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.0% | 10.3% | 20.7% | 4 |
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More education data for Burundi
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 43,226 (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Burundi?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Burundi was 10.3% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 27.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 2004.
- How does Burundi rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Burundi ranks 125th out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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