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Capital city: Bujumbura Languages: Kirundi, French (official); Swahili (other)
Economic profile Monetary unit: Burundian franc (1Bufr = $0.0006927)1 GDP per capita: $4182 GDP composition by sector:
Agriculture: 93.6%3
Industry: 2.3%3
Services: 4.1%3 GDP growth rate: 4%4 Consumer price inflation: 8.3%5 Industries: Light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing3 Exports of goods and nonfactor services: Coffee, not roasted, not decaffeinated (70.2%); black tea (fermented) and other partly fermented tea (17.1%)6 Import commodities: Capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs3 Reserves (excluding gold, in million dollars): 282.27 Foreign direct investment (in million dollars): 148
Budget: Government revenue, including grants (as percentage of GDP): 38.3%9 Government expenditure and net lending: 46%9
Social profile Population (in thousands): 8 57510 Population growth: 2.5%10 Life expectancy at birth (in years): 50.411 Adult literacy (people over 15): 66.6%12 School enrolment primary (total gross enrolment): 156.3%13 School enrolment secondary (total gross enrolment): 24.8%13 School enrolment tertiary: 3% (2010)14 Unemployment: (figures not available)3 Number of people living with HIV/Aids: 3.3%15
1 http:// www.exchangerate.com 2 African Economic Outlook. Basic indicators (2011). 3 Central Intelligence Agency. World Factbook: Economy (2011).
4 African Economic Outlook. Real GDP growth rates (2011). 5 African Economic Outlook. Monetary indicators: inflation (2011).
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