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© 1999 International Monetary Fund

February 1999

IMF Staff Country Report No. 99/8

Burundi: Statistical Annex

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INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

BURUNDI

Statistical Annex

Prepared by a staff team consisting of Mr. Rothman (head), Mr. Bessaha, Mr. Farah, and Ms. Nkusu (all AFR)

Approved by the African Department

December 21, 1998

Contents

• Basic Data

• Social and Demographic Indicators

• Tables

• 1. Gross Domestic Product at Current Prices, 1994–98

• 2. Gross Domestic Product at Constant 1980 Prices, 1994–98

• 3. Supply and Use of Resources at Current Market Prices, 1994–98

• 4. Savings and Investment, 1994–98

• 5. Key Coffee Sector Indicators, 1994/95–1998/99

• 6. Illustrative Allocation of Arabica Coffee Receipts Among Producers Intermediaries, and Stabilization Fund, 1994/95–1998/99

• 7. Arabica and Robusta Coffee Production, 1994/95–1998/99

• 8. Cotton Production, Consumption, Exports, and Prices, 1994–98

• 9. Tea Production, Exports, Stocks, and Prices, 1994–98

• 10. Production of the Manufacturing Industries, 1994–98

• 11. Energy Production, Imports, and Consumption, 1994–98

• 12. Retail Prices of Petroleum Products, 1994–98

• 13. Minimum Wages, 1994–98

• 14. Consumer Price Index for Households in Bujumbura, 1994–98

• 15. Central Government Financial Operations, 1994–98

• 16. Central Government Revenue, 1994–98

• 17. Import Duty Exemptions, 1994–98

• 18. Economic Classification of Government Expenditure, 1994–98

• 19. Expenditure on Health and Education, 1994–97

• 20. Military Expenditure, 1994–97

• 21. Functional Structure of Government Operating and Capital Expenditure, 1995–98

• 22. Structure of Central Government Employment and Salaries, 1996

• 23. Size, Composition, and Gross Salaries of the Civil Service, 1983–96

• 24. Flows of On-Lending to, and Repayments by, Public Enterprises, 1994–98

• 25. Outstanding Arrears on External Debt, 1995–98

• 26. Domestic Public Debt by Creditor and by Instrument, 1994–97

• 27. List of Public Enterprises, 1997

• 28. Main Economic Indicators of Public Enterprises, 1996

• 29. Monetary Survey, 1994–98

• 30. Summary Accounts of the Bank of the Republic of Burundi, 1994–98

• 31. Summary Accounts of Deposit Money Banks, 1994–98

• 32. Summary Accounts of Burundi Development Bank (BNDE), Burundi Financing Company (SBF), Caisse Centrale de Mobilisation et de Financement (CAMOFI), and Société de Gestion Financière (SOGEFI), 1994–98

• 33. Outstanding Amount of Treasury Certificates, 1994–98

• 34. Distribution of Credit to the Economy, 1994–98

• 35. Structure of Interest Rates, 1994–98

• 36. Balance of Payments, 1994–98

• 37. Composition of Exports, f.o.b., 1994–98

• 38. Composition of Imports, c.i.f., 1994–98

• 39. Services and Transfers, 1994–98

• 40. Structure, Volume, and Prices of International Trade, 1994–98

• 41. Direction of Trade, 1994–97

• 42. Trade Flows with the Preferential Trade Area Countries, 1994–97

• 43. Outstanding Medium- and Long-Term Official External Debt, 1994–98

• 44. Scheduled Debt Service, Principal, on Medium- and Long-Term Official External Debt, 1994–98

• 45. Scheduled Debt Service, Interest, on Medium- and Long-Term Official External Debt, 1994–98

• 46. Outstanding Stock of External Debt and Average Terms on Existing Loans, 1994–98

• Figures

• 1. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 1994–99

• 2. Selected Exchange Rate Indices, January 1990–August 1998

• Appendixes

• I. Summary of Exchange and Trade System

• II. Summary of the Tax System, end-June 1998

Burundi: Basic Data

Sources: Burundi authorities; and Fund staff estimates and projections.

^1/Including net short-term capital and errors and omissions.

^2/Outstanding public and publicly guaranteed debt, including IMF.

^3/In percent of exports of goods and nonfactor services.

				1994	1995	1996	1997 Est.	1998 Proj.
				(In billions of Burundi francs)
National accounts
	Gross domestic product in nominal terms at factor cost			203.1	218.1	248.2	306.4	386.9
			Primary sector	95.2	105.0	136.0	163.4	191.1
			Secondary sector	45.7	42.0	38.1	51.2	73.8
			Tertiary sector	62.2	71.1	74.0	91.8	122.1
	Gross domestic product at current market prices			233.3	249.9	272.6	337.3	425.1
	Imports of goods and nonfactor services			66.6	68.2	41.5	47.9	62.0
	Total supply of resources = total use			299.9	318.0	314.0	385.2	487.1
	Exports of goods and nonfactor services			24.0	32.2	15.2	33.7	24.8
Domestic demand				275.9	285.8	298.9	351.5	462.3
	Private consumption			218.7	228.3	231.5	275.3	381.5
	Public consumption			32.5	33.6	34.5	49.0	47.0
	Gross investment			24.7	23.9	32.8	27.2	33.9
		Of which: gross fixed capital formation		24.7	24.1	33.2	24.5	30.4
Resource gap				-42.6	-36.0	-26.3	-14.2	-37.2
				(Annual percentage change)
Gross domestic product and prices
Real GDP (market prices)				-3.7	-7.3	-8.4	0.4	4.5
GDP deflator				14.9	15.2	19.4	23.3	20.6
Consumer price index				5.6	19.4	26.4	31.1	17.0
				(In billions of Burundi francs)
Central government operations
	Revenue and grants			47.9	53.2	48.5	56.6	64.5
		Revenue		42.2	44.1	42.3	46.3	53.2
		Grants		5.7	9.1	6.1	10.3	11.3
Expenditure and net lending				57.9	65.3	76.0	74.9	82.5
	Current expenditure			39.1	45.1	48.1	61.4	61.2
	Capital expenditure and net lending			18.8	20.2	27.9	13.5	21.3
0verall balance (cash basis)
	Including grants			-9.7	-7.6	-17.5	-12.3	-7.1
	Excluding grants			-15.4	-16.7	-23.6	-22.6	-18.4
Financing				9.7	7.6	17.5	12.3	7.1
	Foreign (net)			6.3	3.6	2.2	1.3	3.5
	Domestic (net)			3.4	4.0	15.3	11.0	3.6
		Banking system		3.7	-2.9	11.1	11.0	3.6
		Other		-0.3	6.9	4.2	0.0	0.0
				(In percent of GDP)
Revenue (excluding grants)				18.1	17.7	15.5	13.7	12.5
Grants				2.4	3.6	2.3	3.1	2.7
Current expenditure				16.8	18.0	17.6	18.2	14.4
Capital expenditure				9.0	8.3	10.4	5.0	5.0
Total expenditure and net lending				24.8	26.1	27.9	22.2	19.4
Overall balance (commitment basis)
	Including grants			-4.3	-4.9	-10.1	-5.4	-4.2
	Excluding grants			-6.7	-8.5	-12.4	-8.5	-6.9
Money and credit				(In billions of Burundi francs)
	Foreign assets (net)			37.3	45.2	37.1	35.6	36.3
	Domestic credit			42.1	35.5	54.7	68.0	84.8
		Government (net)		1.0	1.0	11.7	23.4	27.2
		Credit to the private sector		38.4	33.2	41.3	42.4	55.5
		Credit to public enterprises		2.7	1.3	1.7	2.2	2.2
	Money and quasi money			52.3	50.0	57.2	63.1	70.9
	Other items (net)			-27.0	-30.7	-34.6	-40.5	-50.3
				(Annual change in percent of the beginning-of-period broad money supply)
Net foreign assets				28.9	15.1	-16.2	-2.6	1.2
Domestic credit				17.3	-12.5	38.3	23.4	26.6
	Net credit to the government			9.0	0.1	21.4	20.4	6.0
	Credit to the private sector			5.3	-9.9	16.2	2.0	20.6
	Credit to public enterprises			3.0	-2.7	0.7	0.9	-0.1
Money and quasi money				35.0	-4.5	14.4	10.4	12.2
Balance of payments				(In millions of U.S. dollars)
	Trade balance			-91.9	-63.0	-59.9	-10.6	-53.2
		Exports, f.o.b.		80.7	112.5	40.1	87.3	49.3
			Of which: coffee	57.2	89.1	28.8	76.6	38.6
		Imports, f.o.b.		-172.6	-175.6	-100.0	-97.9	-102.6
Services (net)				-87.9	-93.6	-40.8	-40.4	-42.0
Private transfers (net)				17.4	15.6	11.2	8.7	11.0
Current account (excluding official transfers)				-162.4	-141.0	-89.4	-42.3	-84.2
Official transfers				143.8	136.1	49.8	50.9	50.9
Current account (including official transfers)				-18.6	-4.9	-39.6	8.6	-33.3
Capital account				62.4	7.3	-43.4	-39.8	8.0
	Medium- and long-term official loans (net)			25.2	4.9	7.3	3.5	8.0
	Direct investment			-0.1	1.4	0	0	0
	Other capital 1/			37.3	1.0	-50.7	-43.3	0.0
Overall balance				43.8	2.4	-83.0	-31.3	-25.3
				(As a percent of GDP, unless otherwise indicated)
Gross official reserves
	In millions of U.S. dollars			213.9	215.3	144.7	117.3	108.2
	In months of imports of goods and nonfactor services			8.2	7.8	10.8	9.6	8.6
Exports, f.o.b.				8.7	11.2	4.5	6.5	5.0
Imports, c.i.f.				-18.7	-17.6	-11.1	-7.3	-10.5
Current account (excluding official transfers)				-17.6	-14.1	-9.9	-4.4	-8.6
Overall balance of payments				4.7	0.2	-9.2	-3.3	-2.6
				(In millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated)
Total external debt 2/				1,108.7	1,183.4	1,175.6	1,184.1	1,200.3
Scheduled debt service 3/				39.6	39.3	105.9	36.3	57.9
Exchange rate (FBu/US$; period average)				252.7	249.8	302.8	352.4	435.2

Sources: Burundi authorities; and Fund staff estimates and projections.

^1/Including net short-term capital and errors and omissions.

^2/Outstanding public and publicly guaranteed debt, including IMF.

^3/In percent of exports of goods and nonfactor services.

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				1994	1995	1996	1997 Est.	1998 Proj.
				(In billions of Burundi francs)
National accounts
	Gross domestic product in nominal terms at factor cost			203.1	218.1	248.2	306.4	386.9
			Primary sector	95.2	105.0	136.0	163.4	191.1
			Secondary sector	45.7	42.0	38.1	51.2	73.8
			Tertiary sector	62.2	71.1	74.0	91.8	122.1
	Gross domestic product at current market prices			233.3	249.9	272.6	337.3	425.1
	Imports of goods and nonfactor services			66.6	68.2	41.5	47.9	62.0
	Total supply of resources = total use			299.9	318.0	314.0	385.2	487.1
	Exports of goods and nonfactor services			24.0	32.2	15.2	33.7	24.8
Domestic demand				275.9	285.8	298.9	351.5	462.3
	Private consumption			218.7	228.3	231.5	275.3	381.5
	Public consumption			32.5	33.6	34.5	49.0	47.0
	Gross investment			24.7	23.9	32.8	27.2	33.9
		Of which: gross fixed capital formation		24.7	24.1	33.2	24.5	30.4
Resource gap				-42.6	-36.0	-26.3	-14.2	-37.2
				(Annual percentage change)
Gross domestic product and prices
Real GDP (market prices)				-3.7	-7.3	-8.4	0.4	4.5
GDP deflator				14.9	15.2	19.4	23.3	20.6
Consumer price index				5.6	19.4	26.4	31.1	17.0
				(In billions of Burundi francs)
Central government operations
	Revenue and grants			47.9	53.2	48.5	56.6	64.5
		Revenue		42.2	44.1	42.3	46.3	53.2
		Grants		5.7	9.1	6.1	10.3	11.3
Expenditure and net lending				57.9	65.3	76.0	74.9	82.5
	Current expenditure			39.1	45.1	48.1	61.4	61.2
	Capital expenditure and net lending			18.8	20.2	27.9	13.5	21.3
0verall balance (cash basis)
	Including grants			-9.7	-7.6	-17.5	-12.3	-7.1
	Excluding grants			-15.4	-16.7	-23.6	-22.6	-18.4
Financing				9.7	7.6	17.5	12.3	7.1
	Foreign (net)			6.3	3.6	2.2	1.3	3.5
	Domestic (net)			3.4	4.0	15.3	11.0	3.6
		Banking system		3.7	-2.9	11.1	11.0	3.6
		Other		-0.3	6.9	4.2	0.0	0.0
				(In percent of GDP)
Revenue (excluding grants)				18.1	17.7	15.5	13.7	12.5
Grants				2.4	3.6	2.3	3.1	2.7
Current expenditure				16.8	18.0	17.6	18.2	14.4
Capital expenditure				9.0	8.3	10.4	5.0	5.0
Total expenditure and net lending				24.8	26.1	27.9	22.2	19.4
Overall balance (commitment basis)
	Including grants			-4.3	-4.9	-10.1	-5.4	-4.2
	Excluding grants			-6.7	-8.5	-12.4	-8.5	-6.9
Money and credit				(In billions of Burundi francs)
	Foreign assets (net)			37.3	45.2	37.1	35.6	36.3
	Domestic credit			42.1	35.5	54.7	68.0	84.8
		Government (net)		1.0	1.0	11.7	23.4	27.2
		Credit to the private sector		38.4	33.2	41.3	42.4	55.5
		Credit to public enterprises		2.7	1.3	1.7	2.2	2.2
	Money and quasi money			52.3	50.0	57.2	63.1	70.9
	Other items (net)			-27.0	-30.7	-34.6	-40.5	-50.3
				(Annual change in percent of the beginning-of-period broad money supply)
Net foreign assets				28.9	15.1	-16.2	-2.6	1.2
Domestic credit				17.3	-12.5	38.3	23.4	26.6
	Net credit to the government			9.0	0.1	21.4	20.4	6.0
	Credit to the private sector			5.3	-9.9	16.2	2.0	20.6
	Credit to public enterprises			3.0	-2.7	0.7	0.9	-0.1
Money and quasi money				35.0	-4.5	14.4	10.4	12.2
Balance of payments				(In millions of U.S. dollars)
	Trade balance			-91.9	-63.0	-59.9	-10.6	-53.2
		Exports, f.o.b.		80.7	112.5	40.1	87.3	49.3
			Of which: coffee	57.2	89.1	28.8	76.6	38.6
		Imports, f.o.b.		-172.6	-175.6	-100.0	-97.9	-102.6
Services (net)				-87.9	-93.6	-40.8	-40.4	-42.0
Private transfers (net)				17.4	15.6	11.2	8.7	11.0
Current account (excluding official transfers)				-162.4	-141.0	-89.4	-42.3	-84.2
Official transfers				143.8	136.1	49.8	50.9	50.9
Current account (including official transfers)				-18.6	-4.9	-39.6	8.6	-33.3
Capital account				62.4	7.3	-43.4	-39.8	8.0
	Medium- and long-term official loans (net)			25.2	4.9	7.3	3.5	8.0
	Direct investment			-0.1	1.4	0	0	0
	Other capital 1/			37.3	1.0	-50.7	-43.3	0.0
Overall balance				43.8	2.4	-83.0	-31.3	-25.3
				(As a percent of GDP, unless otherwise indicated)
Gross official reserves
	In millions of U.S. dollars			213.9	215.3	144.7	117.3	108.2
	In months of imports of goods and nonfactor services			8.2	7.8	10.8	9.6	8.6
Exports, f.o.b.				8.7	11.2	4.5	6.5	5.0
Imports, c.i.f.				-18.7	-17.6	-11.1	-7.3	-10.5
Current account (excluding official transfers)				-17.6	-14.1	-9.9	-4.4	-8.6
Overall balance of payments				4.7	0.2	-9.2	-3.3	-2.6
				(In millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated)
Total external debt 2/				1,108.7	1,183.4	1,175.6	1,184.1	1,200.3
Scheduled debt service 3/				39.6	39.3	105.9	36.3	57.9
Exchange rate (FBu/US$; period average)				252.7	249.8	302.8	352.4	435.2

Sources: Burundi authorities; and Fund staff estimates and projections.

^1/Including net short-term capital and errors and omissions.

^2/Outstanding public and publicly guaranteed debt, including IMF.

^3/In percent of exports of goods and nonfactor services.

Burundi: Social and Demographic Indicators ^1/

Sources: Burundi authorities; World Bank, World Development Indicators; and IMF, International Financial Statistics.

^1/Most recent estimates available.

Land area (sq. km.)			25,680.0
Population
	Total (in millions; 1997)		6.2
		Urban population (percent of total)	7.8
		Rural population (percent of total)	92.2
	Density (people per sq. km.)		241
	Growth rate (percent)		1.8
GDP per capita (US$; 1997)			154
Life expectancy at birth (years)
	Overall		50.3
		Men	48.6
		Women	52.1
Crude birth rate (per 1,000)			42.5
Crude death rate (per 1,000)			17.0
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000)			97.2
Education (1996)
	Gross primary enrollment rate (percent)		43.2
	Gross secondary enrollment rate (percent)		6.0
	Adult literacy rate (percent)		35.0
	School population
		Primary	453,746
		Secondary (general)	56,887
		Secondary (technical and teacher education)	5,712
		Higher education	4,379
Health (1996)
	Physicians (in hospitals)		329
	Hospitals		34
	Population per physician		17,210
	Population per nurse		4,800
	Population per hospital/bed		1,526
	Access to safe water (percent)		37.8
	Immunization rate (percent)		63.0
		Urban areas	92.0
		Rural areas	33.9

Sources: Burundi authorities; World Bank, World Development Indicators; and IMF, International Financial Statistics.

^1/Most recent estimates available.

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Land area (sq. km.)			25,680.0
Population
	Total (in millions; 1997)		6.2
		Urban population (percent of total)	7.8
		Rural population (percent of total)	92.2
	Density (people per sq. km.)		241
	Growth rate (percent)		1.8
GDP per capita (US$; 1997)			154
Life expectancy at birth (years)
	Overall		50.3
		Men	48.6
		Women	52.1
Crude birth rate (per 1,000)			42.5
Crude death rate (per 1,000)			17.0
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000)			97.2
Education (1996)
	Gross primary enrollment rate (percent)		43.2
	Gross secondary enrollment rate (percent)		6.0
	Adult literacy rate (percent)		35.0
	School population
		Primary	453,746
		Secondary (general)	56,887
		Secondary (technical and teacher education)	5,712
		Higher education	4,379
Health (1996)
	Physicians (in hospitals)		329
	Hospitals		34
	Population per physician		17,210
	Population per nurse		4,800
	Population per hospital/bed		1,526
	Access to safe water (percent)		37.8
	Immunization rate (percent)		63.0
		Urban areas	92.0
		Rural areas	33.9

Sources: Burundi authorities; World Bank, World Development Indicators; and IMF, International Financial Statistics.

^1/Most recent estimates available.