Lowest daily calories1,698 kcal · #1 of 189 · 2022
2nd lowest internet users9% · #2 of 208 · 2024
2nd lowest CO₂ per person0.1 t · #2 of 203 · 2024
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COUNTRYDUEL AFRICA
Surprising facts about Burundi
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Burundi’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Burundi among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Burundi sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Burundi across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Burundi
vs DR Congo 
vs Rwanda 
vs Tanzania