Central bank assets to GDP in Burundi

Burundi: Central bank assets to GDP was 13.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
13.5%
Change on year
down 14.9%
World rank
41st
of 183 countries
All-time high
16.1%
in 2006
All-time low
2.5%
in 1965
Years of data
58
1964–2021

Central bank assets to GDP in Burundi, 1964–2021

051015196419922021

Source: International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in %.

Analysis

Burundi recorded 13.5% for central bank assets to gdp in 2021.

That represents a change of down 14.9% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, central bank assets to gdp in Burundi peaked at 16.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 1965.

Burundi ranks 41st of 183 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 58 years of available data.

Central bank assets to GDP in Burundi, year by year

Annual values for Central bank assets to GDP (%) in Burundi, 1964 to 2021.
Year % Change
1964 2.7%
1965 2.5% -6.9%
1966 3.4% +38.8%
1967 4.4% +26.3%
1968 5.5% +27.0%
1969 5.0% -8.9%
1970 5.0% -0.4%
1971 3.5% -30.7%
1972 4.3% +24.9%
1973 4.6% +6.9%
1974 4.2% -8.9%
1975 2.6% -37.6%
1976 4.0% +50.7%
1977 4.2% +5.0%
1978 6.2% +49.2%
1979 8.6% +37.5%
1980 8.5% -0.5%
1981 9.7% +14.1%
1982 10.5% +8.1%
1983 12.5% +19.2%
1984 12.5% -0.0%
1985 12.5% -0.6%
1986 12.0% -3.9%
1987 12.3% +2.5%
1988 10.7% -12.7%
1989 8.8% -17.8%
1990 8.1% -8.4%
1991 6.5% -19.5%
1992 5.4% -16.4%
1993 4.2% -22.2%
1994 3.9% -7.3%
1995 4.8% +22.9%
1996 5.3% +10.9%
1997 6.4% +19.8%
1998 7.2% +12.4%
1999 8.7% +20.9%
2000 9.6% +10.1%
2001 9.7% +1.0%
2002 10.1% +4.4%
2003 12.4% +23.0%
2004 13.1% +5.2%
2005 13.0% -0.8%
2006 16.1% +24.2%
2007 12.6% -21.7%
2008 9.1% -27.5%
2009 11.7% +27.6%
2010 10.3% -11.6%
2011 11.6% +12.9%
2012 12.4% +6.7%
2013 10.7% -14.1%
2014 11.0% +3.1%
2015 13.5% +22.4%
2016 15.7% +16.5%
2017 14.8% -5.9%
2018 14.7% -0.4%
2019 13.9% -5.7%
2020 15.9% +14.4%
2021 13.5% -14.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 3.9% 2.5% 5.5% 6
1970s 4.7% 2.6% 8.6% 10
1980s 11.0% 8.5% 12.5% 10
1990s 6.1% 3.9% 8.7% 10
2000s 11.7% 9.1% 16.1% 10
2010s 12.9% 10.3% 15.7% 10
2020s 14.7% 13.5% 15.9% 2

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 38 Myanmar 15.1% compare
  2. 39 Jamaica 14.8% compare
  3. 40 Mozambique 14.6% compare
  4. 42 Haiti 13.4% compare
  5. 43 Dominican Republic 13.4% compare
  6. 44 Nigeria 13.2% compare

See the full ranking of 183 places →

More financial sector data for Burundi

All data for Burundi →

Frequently asked questions

What is central bank assets to gdp in Burundi?
Central bank assets to gdp in Burundi was 13.5% in 2021, according to International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF).
What is the highest central bank assets to gdp recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 2006.
What is the lowest central bank assets to gdp recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 1965.
How does Burundi rank for central bank assets to gdp?
Burundi ranks 41st out of 183 countries with data for 2021.
Is central bank assets to gdp rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burundi data come from?
The figures come from International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Central bank assets to GDP (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 58 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Central bank assets to GDP in Burundi. Statizoid, drawing on International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF). Retrieved 26 August 2026, from https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/stat/central-bank-assets-to-gdp-percent/burundi/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://financial-sector.statizoid.com/stat/central-bank-assets-to-gdp-percent/burundi/">Central bank assets to GDP in Burundi</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Central bank assets to GDP (%)
Unit
%
Source
International Financial Statistics (IFS), International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 8,028 data points, 1960–2021
Last refreshed

Claims on domestic real nonfinancial sector by the Central Bank as a share of GDP, calculated using the following deflation method: {(0.5)*[Ft/P_et + Ft-1/P_et-1]}/[GDPt/P_at] where F is Central Bank claims, P_e is end-of period CPI, and P_a is average annual CPI. Raw data are from the electronic version of the IMF's International Financial Statistics. Central Bank claims (IFS lines 12, a-d); GDP in local currency (IFS line 99B..ZF or, if not available, line 99B.CZF); end-of period CPI (IFS line 64M..ZF or, if not available, 64Q..ZF); and average annual CPI is calculated using the monthly CPI values (IFS line 64M..ZF).