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Services share of GDP — all countries

Services share of GDP — Burundi

Services share of GDP in Burundi in 2025 — 42.1%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 158. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 24.3 pp.

2025 42.1% −1.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 140of 158
Period maximum 47.8%2020
Period minimum 17.8%1970

Trend over time

1970–2025 · % of GDP

Services share of GDP — Burundi, 1970–2025102030405019701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 17.8%1971: 19%1972: 21.5%1973: 18.2%1974: 19.5%1975: 19.5%1976: 20.6%1977: 19.3%1978: 20.6%1979: 20.3%1980: 23.2%1981: 24%1982: 25.6%1983: 25.5%1984: 23.7%1985: 23.1%1986: 25.1%1987: 25.5%1988: 25.9%1989: 23.4%1990: 23%1991: 23.3%1992: 22.7%1993: 22.4%1994: 26.8%1995: 28.5%1996: 28.1%1997: 32.6%1998: 33.5%1999: 35.7%2000: 32.1%2001: 35%2002: 35.5%2003: 33.8%2004: 34%2005: 37.2%2006: 38.4%2007: 43.1%2008: 41.2%2009: 40.3%2010: 40.6%2011: 41.8%2012: 42.1%2013: 38.8%2014: 42.4%2015: 43.4%2016: 40.3%2017: 39.6%2018: 40.9%2019: 42%2020: 47.8%2021: 43.8%2022: 43.7%2023: 43.8%2024: 43.3%2025: 42.1%
Change over the period: +24.3 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burundi

Burundi 42.1%
World computed 59.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 50.2%
Eastern Africa computed 44.7%
Low-income countries computed 42%
Services share of GDP — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 42.1 −1.3 pp
2024 43.3 −0.5 pp
2023 43.8 +0.1 pp
2022 43.7 −0.1 pp
2021 43.8 −4 pp
2020 47.8 +5.8 pp
2019 42 +1.1 pp
2018 40.9 +1.4 pp
2017 39.6 −0.7 pp
2016 40.3 −3.2 pp
2015 43.4 +1.1 pp
2014 42.4 +3.6 pp
2013 38.8 −3.3 pp
2012 42.1 +0.3 pp
2011 41.8 +1.2 pp
2010 40.6 +0.3 pp
2009 40.3 −1 pp
2008 41.2 −1.9 pp
2007 43.1 +4.7 pp
2006 38.4 +1.3 pp
2005 37.2 +3.2 pp
2004 34 +0.2 pp
2003 33.8 −1.7 pp
2002 35.5 +0.5 pp
2001 35 +2.9 pp
2000 32.1 −3.6 pp
1999 35.7 +2.2 pp
1998 33.5 +0.9 pp
1997 32.6 +4.4 pp
1996 28.1 −0.3 pp
1995 28.5 +1.7 pp
1994 26.8 +4.4 pp
1993 22.4 −0.3 pp
1992 22.7 −0.7 pp
1991 23.3 +0.4 pp
1990 23 −0.4 pp
1989 23.4 −2.5 pp
1988 25.9 +0.4 pp
1987 25.5 +0.4 pp
1986 25.1 +1.9 pp
1985 23.1 −0.5 pp
1984 23.7 −1.8 pp
1983 25.5 −0.2 pp
1982 25.6 +1.7 pp
1981 24 +0.7 pp
1980 23.2 +3 pp
1979 20.3 −0.4 pp
1978 20.6 +1.3 pp
1977 19.3 −1.3 pp
1976 20.6 +1.1 pp
1975 19.5 −0 pp
1974 19.5 +1.3 pp
1973 18.2 −3.2 pp
1972 21.5 +2.5 pp
1971 19 +1.2 pp
1970 17.8 —

Eastern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DJ Djibouti 75.7 SC Seychelles 67.9 MU Mauritius 63.9 ZM Zambia 57 KE Kenya 55.1 RW Rwanda 52.3 MG Madagascar 48.8 KM Comoros 48.8 MW Malawi 48.7 ZW Zimbabwe 48.2 UG Uganda 42.1 BI Burundi 42.1 MZ Mozambique 42 ET Ethiopia 36.6 TZ Tanzania 28.8
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The share of value added by the service sector in GDP: wholesale and retail trade, transport, communications, finance, real estate, business and government services, education and health care. In most high-income countries it exceeds 70%; in small island states and tourism economies it reaches 80–90%.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.

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