Burundi recorded a current account deficit of 7.7% of GDP in 2025, according to the African Development Bank (AfDB). Current Account to GDP in Burundi averaged -7.49 percent of GDP from 1986 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 1.00 percent of GDP in 1995 and a record low of -21.30 percent of GDP in 2008. source: Bank of Burundi
Current Account to GDP in Burundi is expected to reach -6.20 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Burundi Current Account to GDP is projected to trend around -5.20 percent of GDP in 2027 and -47.00 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.