African Tax Observatory · Country brief · BurundiData pulled 14 October 2026 · taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/BDI

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Gazetteer · Central Africa · East African Community · Low income

Burundi

Collected 14.0% of GDP in tax in 2024, 21 of 38 reporting members.

14.0%

Tax, % of GDP, 2024

+0.6

Points since 2010

1.00

Tax buoyancy

over 16 years

$149

Tax per person

PPP dollars

Plate I·Over time

Fifteen years, against the continent

Over time

Burundi against the continent

Measure

BurundiCentral Africa medianATAF median and middle half

The shaded band is the middle half of ATAF members each year (25th to 75th percentile); the dashed line is the median of Central Africa. The members reporting change from year to year, so the band can move because the set of countries changed; the CSV gives the count for each year.

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Year	Burundi	Central Africa median	ATAF median	ATAF 25th percentile	ATAF 75th percentile	Members reporting
2010	13.38	11.16	14.34	10.67	16.43	26
2011	15.56	11.90	14.84	10.99	16.62	33
2012	14.65	12.53	15.07	11.45	16.75	33
2013	13.72	13.05	13.83	11.23	16.89	32
2014	13.67	13.56	14.26	11.87	17.13	32
2015	12.33	12.33	15.08	12.33	18.55	33
2016	12.32	12.32	14.38	12.40	17.43	33
2017	12.11	9.21	14.75	11.50	16.95	35
2018	13.60	8.73	14.18	10.86	16.10	36
2019	13.70	7.66	13.57	11.51	17.23	38
2020	14.21	10.92	13.27	10.85	16.07	38
2021	14.75	9.50	12.72	10.44	16.06	40
2022	15.60	12.28	14.18	11.34	18.16	39
2023	14.58	12.39	14.43	11.30	18.82	37
2024	14.01	9.81	14.30	12.17	18.05	38
2025	12.81	10.90	13.74	12.18	20.53	34

Plate II·Peers, 2024

Each tax beside the medians

Against its peers, 2024

Each tax as a share of GDP, beside the medians

The line joins Burundi (orange) to the ATAF median (grey); the blue tick is the Central Africa median. All three are for 2024.

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Measure	Burundi	Central Africa median	ATAF median
Tax-to-GDP	14.01	9.81	14.30
Domestic taxes	7.30	7.30	9.01
Customs taxes	6.72	3.04	4.87
Non-tax revenue	3.14	3.14	2.59
VAT	6.00	2.70	5.20
PIT	1.29	1.29	2.04
CIT	2.10	3.23	2.72

Plate III·Tax heads

How Burundi's tax is made up

Tax heads

What each tax brings in, as a share of GDP

Domestic VATPersonal income taxCorporate income taxWithholding taxPresumptive taxOther domestic taxesVAT on importsImport dutyExcise on importsOther customs taxesNot attributed to a head

Each bar stacks the tax heads ATAF publishes for that year. Where the heads do not add up to total tax revenue, the gap is drawn in light grey and labelled, never spread across the heads. A head missing from a year was not reported for that year.

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Year	Tax head	Revenue (PPP $)	% of GDP
2010	Domestic VAT	138584423	2.40
2010	Personal income tax	97415113	1.69
2010	Corporate income tax	119616536	2.08
2010	Withholding tax	8854564	0.15
2010	Presumptive tax	11710807	0.20
2010	Other domestic taxes	3659603	0.06
2010	VAT on imports	166860790	2.90
2010	Import duty	68509551	1.19
2010	Excise on imports	123064719	2.14
2010	Other customs taxes	22044337	0.38
2010	Not attributed to a head	10812551	0.19
2011	Domestic VAT	142560537	2.33
2011	Personal income tax	120619198	1.97
2011	Corporate income tax	150266609	2.46
2011	Withholding tax	16946821	0.28
2011	Presumptive tax	1974687	0.03
2011	Other domestic taxes	5451226	0.09
2011	VAT on imports	230795173	3.77
2011	Import duty	60925227	1.00
2011	Excise on imports	130115697	2.13
2011	Other customs taxes	84607150	1.38
2011	Not attributed to a head	7558586	0.12
2012	Domestic VAT	134431363	2.09
2012	Personal income tax	139298485	2.17
2012	Corporate income tax	157804140	2.46
2012	Withholding tax	18061340	0.28
2012	Presumptive tax	1827114	0.03
2012	Other domestic taxes	1536726	0.02
2012	VAT on imports	232615122	3.62
2012	Import duty	61914790	0.96
2012	Excise on imports	66880399	1.04
2012	Other customs taxes	51089431	0.80
2012	Not attributed to a head	74810349	1.17
2013	Domestic VAT	151568462	2.11
2013	Personal income tax	91951155	1.28
2013	Corporate income tax	178105024	2.48
2013	Withholding tax	3695358	0.05
2013	Presumptive tax	1857674	0.03
2013	Other domestic taxes	25300297	0.35
2013	VAT on imports	245422365	3.42
2013	Import duty	60702953	0.85
2013	Excise on imports	21218240	0.30
2013	Other customs taxes	38143715	0.53
2013	Not attributed to a head	167178318	2.33
2014	Domestic VAT	177010177	2.26
2014	Personal income tax	97390942	1.24
2014	Corporate income tax	151204882	1.93
2014	Withholding tax	10105185	0.13
2014	Presumptive tax	1943776	0.02
2014	Other domestic taxes	28797236	0.37
2014	VAT on imports	277129085	3.54
2014	Import duty	59071243	0.75
2014	Excise on imports	37004317	0.47
2014	Other customs taxes	53913532	0.69
2014	Not attributed to a head	177487486	2.26
2015	Domestic VAT	123159698	1.54
2015	Personal income tax	104215544	1.30
2015	Corporate income tax	133749764	1.67
2015	Withholding tax	18746813	0.23
2015	Presumptive tax	1925537	0.02
2015	Other domestic taxes	24594815	0.31
2015	VAT on imports	245096808	3.07
2015	Import duty	59468775	0.74
2015	Excise on imports	50167228	0.63
2015	Other customs taxes	52388339	0.66
2015	Not attributed to a head	171645854	2.15
2016	Domestic VAT	135066111	1.60
2016	Personal income tax	100732088	1.19
2016	Corporate income tax	139065610	1.65
2016	Withholding tax	21281496	0.25
2016	Presumptive tax	2610198	0.03
2016	Other domestic taxes	16305372	0.19
2016	VAT on imports	238453979	2.83
2016	Import duty	61606387	0.73
2016	Excise on imports	62877512	0.75
2016	Other customs taxes	78786210	0.93
2016	Not attributed to a head	181501221	2.15
2017	Domestic VAT	164281691	1.78
2017	Personal income tax	104830768	1.14
2017	Corporate income tax	136818891	1.48
2017	Withholding tax	23105889	0.25
2017	Presumptive tax	2250114	0.02
2017	Other domestic taxes	6295184	0.07
2017	VAT on imports	244126088	2.65
2017	Import duty	71155974	0.77
2017	Excise on imports	104129112	1.13
2017	Other customs taxes	60696055	0.66
2017	Not attributed to a head	199082633	2.16
2018	Domestic VAT	182342099	1.98
2018	Personal income tax	107787989	1.17
2018	Corporate income tax	161308701	1.75
2018	Other domestic taxes	30414778	0.33
2018	VAT on imports	273425725	2.97
2018	Import duty	103115861	1.12
2018	Excise on imports	130746304	1.42
2018	Other customs taxes	42393561	0.46
2018	Not attributed to a head	218363744	2.38
2019	Domestic VAT	207876433	2.01
2019	Personal income tax	117258473	1.14
2019	Corporate income tax	224760077	2.18
2019	Other domestic taxes	27827557	0.27
2019	VAT on imports	310180163	3.00
2019	Import duty	124772068	1.21
2019	Excise on imports	129548070	1.25
2019	Other customs taxes	46249237	0.45
2019	Not attributed to a head	226513862	2.19
2020	Domestic VAT	227449978	2.09
2020	Personal income tax	126030350	1.16
2020	Corporate income tax	234696688	2.15
2020	Withholding tax	25036158	0.23
2020	Presumptive tax	2149565	0.02
2020	Other domestic taxes	21253899	0.19
2020	VAT on imports	342300850	3.14
2020	Import duty	151496780	1.39
2020	Excise on imports	149733572	1.37
2020	Other customs taxes	41671894	0.38
2020	Not attributed to a head	226877860	2.08
2021	Domestic VAT	234758836	2.04
2021	Personal income tax	138609939	1.21
2021	Corporate income tax	228229027	1.99
2021	Presumptive tax	1930531	0.02
2021	Other domestic taxes	13178144	0.11
2021	VAT on imports	387642873	3.37
2021	Import duty	219770059	1.91
2021	Excise on imports	162283896	1.41
2021	Other customs taxes	47123269	0.41
2021	Not attributed to a head	262228301	2.28
2022	Domestic VAT	245718591	2.20
2022	Personal income tax	142866158	1.28
2022	Corporate income tax	270186814	2.42
2022	Withholding tax	18511042	0.17
2022	Presumptive tax	530665	0.00
2022	Other domestic taxes	32551448	0.29
2022	VAT on imports	420752215	3.77
2022	Import duty	166926633	1.50
2022	Excise on imports	162145496	1.45
2022	Other customs taxes	46891423	0.42
2022	Not attributed to a head	233284040	2.09
2023	Domestic VAT	262772058	2.06
2023	Personal income tax	162856652	1.28
2023	Corporate income tax	345612718	2.72
2023	Withholding tax	25757403	0.20
2023	Presumptive tax	357517	0.00
2023	Other domestic taxes	34122912	0.27
2023	VAT on imports	483109253	3.80
2023	Import duty	154617987	1.21
2023	Excise on imports	149532813	1.17
2023	Other customs taxes	54419402	0.43
2023	Not attributed to a head	181731449	1.43
2024	Domestic VAT	302973169	2.03
2024	Personal income tax	192757468	1.29
2024	Corporate income tax	314342434	2.10
2024	Withholding tax	45485330	0.30
2024	Presumptive tax	422238	0.00
2024	Other domestic taxes	60258090	0.40
2024	VAT on imports	593544653	3.97
2024	Import duty	206096622	1.38
2024	Excise on imports	153451928	1.03
2024	Other customs taxes	51362449	0.34
2024	Not attributed to a head	174321970	1.17
2025	Domestic VAT	325643718	2.01
2025	Personal income tax	178321313	1.10
2025	Corporate income tax	354755307	2.19
2025	Withholding tax	50356256	0.31
2025	Presumptive tax	205389	0.00
2025	Other domestic taxes	55131565	0.34
2025	VAT on imports	479430931	2.96
2025	Import duty	200647874	1.24
2025	Excise on imports	134495806	0.83
2025	Other customs taxes	50538852	0.31
2025	Not attributed to a head	242932955	1.50

The mix in 2024

Every shilling, franc or rand of tax, by head

Rectangle areas are proportional to revenue in 2024 (US dollars at purchasing-power parity). Total tax revenue: $2.1bn.

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Tax head	Revenue (PPP $)	Share of tax revenue
Domestic VAT	302973169	0.14
Personal income tax	192757468	0.09
Corporate income tax	314342434	0.15
Withholding tax	45485330	0.02
Presumptive tax	422238	0.00
Other domestic taxes	60258090	0.03
VAT on imports	593544653	0.28
Import duty	206096622	0.10
Excise on imports	153451928	0.07
Other customs taxes	51362449	0.02
Not attributed to a head	174321970	0.08

Every published number

Burundi in the ATAF Databank

All 23 freely available indicators, exactly as ATAF publishes them. A blank cell means ATAF has no figure for that year; nothing is filled in.

Burundi: ATAF Databank indicators by year
Indicator	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Nominal GDP (PPP)	$5.8bn	$6.1bn	$6.4bn	$7.2bn	$7.8bn	$8.0bn	$8.4bn	$9.2bn	$9.2bn	$10.3bn	$10.9bn	$11.5bn	$11.2bn	$12.7bn	$14.9bn	$16.2bn
Real GDP	1,508,000.0m	1,568,666.0m	1,638,420.0m	1,719,099.0m	1,791,906.7m	1,784,612.0m	1,816,855.2m	1,898,754.4m	1,918,000.0m	1,999,000.0m	2,080,000.0m	2,170,000.0m	2,175,270.0m	2,213,726.6m	2,295,354.1m	2,450,906.7m
Final Consumption (PPP)														$13.7bn	$15.5bn
Total Tax Revenues (PPP)	$771.1m	$951.8m	$940.3m	$985.1m	$1.1bn	$985.2m	$1.0bn	$1.1bn	$1.2bn	$1.4bn	$1.5bn	$1.7bn	$1.7bn	$1.9bn	$2.1bn	$2.1bn
Total Number Of Registered Taxpayers	1,577	2,080	2,794		23k	28k	43k
Non-Tax-Revenues (PPP)		$71.4m	$66.7m	$68.6m	$156.8m	$83.0m	$94.4m	$87.9m	$107.2m	$126.7m	$172.5m	$187.7m	$269.2m	$430.5m	$469.2m	$352.1m
Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)	$390.7m	$445.4m	$527.8m	$619.7m	$643.9m	$578.0m	$596.6m	$636.7m	$700.2m	$804.2m	$863.5m	$878.9m	$943.6m	$1.0bn	$1.1bn	$1.2bn
Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)	$380.5m	$506.4m	$412.5m	$365.5m	$427.1m	$407.1m	$441.7m	$480.1m	$549.7m	$610.7m	$685.2m	$816.8m	$796.7m	$841.7m	$1.0bn	$865.1m
Revenue From Agriculture, Forest & Fishing (PPP)
Revenue From Mining & Quarrying (PPP)	$736.6k	$2.0m	$2.8m	$726.2k	$246.8k	$201.0k	$208.9k	$225.0k	$1.1m	$1.1m	$254.8k	$322.4k	$496.3k	$88.1k	$434.3k	$164.8k
Revenue From Secondary Sector (PPP)
Revenue From Tertiary Sector (PPP)
Domestic VAT Revenues (PPP)	$138.6m	$142.6m	$134.4m	$151.6m	$177.0m	$123.2m	$135.1m	$164.3m	$182.3m	$207.9m	$227.4m	$234.8m	$245.7m	$262.8m	$303.0m	$325.6m
VAT Refunded (PPP)		$11.1m	$12.3m	$18.2m	$22.4m	$32.3m	$16.2m	$11.5m	$10.4m	$14.8m	$27.8m	$17.4m	$21.3m	$36.0m	$20.3m	$14.2m
PIT Revenues (PPP)	$97.4m	$120.6m	$139.3m	$92.0m	$97.4m	$104.2m	$100.7m	$104.8m	$107.8m	$117.3m	$126.0m	$138.6m	$142.9m	$162.9m	$192.8m	$178.3m
CIT Revenues (PPP)	$119.6m	$150.3m	$157.8m	$178.1m	$151.2m	$133.7m	$139.1m	$136.8m	$161.3m	$224.8m	$234.7m	$228.2m	$270.2m	$345.6m	$314.3m	$354.8m
Withholding Tax Revenues (PPP)	$8.9m	$16.9m	$18.1m	$3.7m	$10.1m	$18.7m	$21.3m	$23.1m			$25.0m		$18.5m	$25.8m	$45.5m	$50.4m
Presumptive Tax Revenues (PPP)	$11.7m	$2.0m	$1.8m	$1.9m	$1.9m	$1.9m	$2.6m	$2.3m			$2.1m	$1.9m	$530.7k	$357.5k	$422.2k	$205.4k
Other Domestic Tax Revenues (PPP)	$3.7m	$5.5m	$1.5m	$25.3m	$28.8m	$24.6m	$16.3m	$6.3m	$30.4m	$27.8m	$21.3m	$13.2m	$32.6m	$34.1m	$60.3m	$55.1m
VAT On Import Revenues (PPP)	$166.9m	$230.8m	$232.6m	$245.4m	$277.1m	$245.1m	$238.5m	$244.1m	$273.4m	$310.2m	$342.3m	$387.6m	$420.8m	$483.1m	$593.5m	$479.4m
Import Duty Revenues (PPP)	$68.5m	$60.9m	$61.9m	$60.7m	$59.1m	$59.5m	$61.6m	$71.2m	$103.1m	$124.8m	$151.5m	$219.8m	$166.9m	$154.6m	$206.1m	$200.6m
Excises on Imports Revenues (PPP)	$123.1m	$130.1m	$66.9m	$21.2m	$37.0m	$50.2m	$62.9m	$104.1m	$130.7m	$129.5m	$149.7m	$162.3m	$162.1m	$149.5m	$153.5m	$134.5m
Other Customs Tax Revenues (PPP)	$22.0m	$84.6m	$51.1m	$38.1m	$53.9m	$52.4m	$78.8m	$60.7m	$42.4m	$46.2m	$41.7m	$47.1m	$46.9m	$54.4m	$51.4m	$50.5m

Values are rounded for display; the CSV has them exactly as published. Revenue and GDP are US dollars at purchasing-power parity.

Data-quality checks

What the automatic checks found

These are rule-based checks, run on every pull. A flag says the numbers deserve a second look, not that they are wrong; the methods page explains each rule.

Year	Check	Detail
2012	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 86% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2013	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 73% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2014	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 72% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2015	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 70% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2016	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 70% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2017	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 69% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2020	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 74% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2022	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 75% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2023	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 82% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2024	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 84% of reported domestic tax revenue.
2025	Domestic heads do not add up	The six domestic tax heads sum to 80% of reported domestic tax revenue.

Source: ATAF Databank, the African Tax Administration Forum; World Bank World Development Indicators. Tax and GDP are in US dollars at purchasing-power parity, so their ratio equals the ratio in local currency. Cite as: Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Burundi. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/BDI Every figure and its method: taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/methods

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Burundi, in Edition 1

Kaijamahe, W. H. (2026). Burundi. In African Tax Observatory (Edition 1, October 2026) [Data set and atlas]. TaxIntellilytics Stories. https://www.taxintellilyticsstories.com/africa/countries/BDI

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