Burundi Poverty Rate

Burundi poverty rate for 2020 was 97.40%, a 0.3% increase from 2013.
  • Burundi poverty rate for 2013 was 97.10%, a 1.4% decline from 2006.
  • Burundi poverty rate for 2006 was 98.50%, a 0.4% increase from 1998.
  • Burundi poverty rate for 1998 was 98.10%, a 1% decline from 1992.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Burundi Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1992 - 2020.