Economy · Remittance inflows · Burundi
Burundi’s remittance inflows rose to $0.27bn in 2025.
$0.27bn
2025
Up $0.04bn from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
$0.27bn
What it is. Personal remittances received counts the money that relatives and migrant workers abroad send to households in Burundi, along with wages Burundians earn abroad. It is reported in current US dollars, so the figure moves with prices and exchange rates as well as with the volume of transfers. Money sent by hand or through informal agents often goes unrecorded, so the true flow may be larger than the recorded one.
Higher is better. Higher is better because more inflow means more household income and more foreign currency entering the economy. The latest figure, for 2025, is $0.27bn, up 15.3% from $0.24bn in 2024. That is the highest level since 2016, the start of the window. The lowest point over the same span was $0.03bn in 2017, so inflows now sit at the top of their range.
Why it matters. For Burundian households, remittances often cover everyday needs such as food and school fees, and $0.04bn more than a year earlier adds to what families can spend. For firms and the state, inflows of $0.27bn add to the foreign currency available to pay for imports. That is the highest annual total since 2016.
| Period | Remittance inflows · Burundi |
|---|---|
| 2016 | $0.03bn |
| 2017 | $0.03bn |
| 2018 | $0.05bn |
| 2019 | $0.09bn |
| 2020 | $0.15bn |
| 2021 | $0.17bn |
| 2022 | $0.16bn |
| 2023 | $0.2bn |
| 2024 | $0.24bn |
| 2025 | $0.27bn |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Remittance inflows, Burundi, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/remittance-inflows/burundi
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Personal remittances received, current US dollars. Unit: USD bn.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series BX.TRF.PWKR.CD.DT), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.