Average inflation measured by CPI rose 491% to 7.32% in Burundi in 2019, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, average inflation measured by CPI in Burundi reached an all time high of 7.32% in 2019 and an all time low of -0.014% in 2002. When compared to Burundi's main peers, average inflation measured by CPI in Rwanda amounted to 5.50%, 4.65% in Tanzania, 4.21% in Uganda and 13.5% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2019.
Burundi has been ranked 30th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 |
| Angola | % | 25.8% | 21.7% | 11.8% | 9.90% | 7.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 8.31% | 17.3% | 8.50% | 4.50% | 4.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 4.26% | 6.53% | 6.30% | 2.70% | 2.78% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 1.97% | 3.50% | 3.20% | 3.00% | 3.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 8.99% | 8.44% | 9.80% | 5.62% | 5.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 6.11% | 7.38% | 6.64% | 5.13% | 5.07% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 5.69% | 11.3% | 8.59% | 8.16% | 6.65% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 0.818% | 9.50% | 8.00% | 5.00% | 5.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 30.2% | 17.6% | 21.7% | 12.0% | 8.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 3.69% | 3.96% | 5.33% | 4.47% | 3.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 2.21% | 6.44% | 6.40% | 5.71% | 4.99% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 22.0% | 12.5% | 9.55% | 7.65% | 7.15% |
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