🇧🇮 Burundi Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇧🇮 Burundi BI / BDI #142

Nomad Score 40.0

Cities 5

Region African Union, Francophone, Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries

Currency BIF

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary dominant-party Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 17/100

Press Freedom (2025) 45.4/100 #125

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.185

HDI 0.439

Regional Blocs AU

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 13th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 11th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 3th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 11th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 16th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 12th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2016) 5.7/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 35.5/100k

Military Spending (2024) 3.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary dominant-party Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Burundi	Évariste Ndayishimiye
Prime Minister of Burundi	Nestor Ntahontuye

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 17 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 45.4 / 100

Global Rank #125 / 180

Rank Change -17 vs previous year

RSF Zone Afrique

Political #101 42.0

Economic #106 38.6

Legal #126 47.9

Social #121 50.4

Safety #123 48.4

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.185

Liberal 0.060

Participatory 0.142

Deliberative 0.066

Egalitarian 0.096

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	45.4	125	42.0	38.6	47.9	50.4	48.4
2024	51.8	108	45.3	44.9	53.3	58.0	57.4
2023	52.1	114	51.5	48.8	55.4	52.1	52.8
2022	55.7	107	50.0	44.7	59.6	52.8	71.7
2021	52.4	147	-	-	-	-	60.7
2020	44.7	160	-	-	-	-	79.2
2019	47.1	159	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	44.7	159	-	-	-	-	77.0
2017	44.2	160	-	-	-	-	59.4
2016	45.9	156	-	-	-	-	100.0
2015	57.1	145	-	-	-	-	82.1
2014	59.5	142	-	-	-	-	-
2013	62.0	132	-	-	-	-	-
2012	57.8	130	-	-	-	-	-
2010	28.9	108	-	-	-	-	-
2009	29.0	103	-	-	-	-	-
2008	21.0	94	-	-	-	-	-
2007	43.4	127	-	-	-	-	-
2006	39.8	125	-	-	-	-	-
2005	23.0	90	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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