Real effective exchange rate index in Burundi
Burundi: Real effective exchange rate index was 177.45 2010 = 100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Real effective exchange rate index in Burundi, 1979–2025
Source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in 2010 = 100.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 177.45 2010 = 100 for real effective exchange rate index in 2025.
The figure is up 25.5% on the previous year and up 50.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, real effective exchange rate index in Burundi peaked at 249.5 2010 = 100 in 1983 and was at its lowest, 81.31 2010 = 100, in 2004.
That places Burundi 5th out of 95 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 47 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 188.94 2010 = 100 | 188.94 2010 = 100 | 188.94 2010 = 100 | 1 |
| 1980s | 201.76 2010 = 100 | 153 2010 = 100 | 249.5 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 1990s | 132.71 2010 = 100 | 118.99 2010 = 100 | 158.89 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.48 2010 = 100 | 81.31 2010 = 100 | 123.72 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2010s | 110.68 2010 = 100 | 100 2010 = 100 | 129.34 2010 = 100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 137.04 2010 = 100 | 116.35 2010 = 100 | 177.45 2010 = 100 | 6 |
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More financial sector data for Burundi
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 37.9% (2025)
- Total reserves in months of imports 0.7342 (2023)
- Net domestic credit 2.81 trillion current LCU (2019)
- Net foreign assets -2.26 trillion current LCU (2025)
- Monetary Sector credit to private sector 38.5% (2025)
- Broad money 44.6% (2025)
- Claims on central government, etc. 23.0% (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector 38.5% (2025)
- Official exchange rate 2,943 LCU per US$, period average (2025)
- Net migration -34,727 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is real effective exchange rate index in Burundi?
- Real effective exchange rate index in Burundi was 177.45 2010 = 100 in 2025, according to International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 249.5 2010 = 100 in 1983.
- What is the lowest real effective exchange rate index recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.31 2010 = 100 in 2004.
- How does Burundi rank for real effective exchange rate index?
- Burundi ranks 5th out of 95 countries with data for 2025.
- Is real effective exchange rate index rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Real effective exchange rate index (2010 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Real effective exchange rate is the nominal effective exchange rate (a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of several foreign currencies) divided by a price deflator or index of costs. This indicator is an index series where 2010=100.