Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) fell 97.7% to BIF -1,380 bil in Burundi in 2023

Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) (BIF bil), 2023
Banking | Burundi | September 1, 2025
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Net foreign assets fell 97.7% to BIF -1,380 bil in Burundi in 2023, according to the National Central Bank.

Historically, net foreign assets in Burundi reached an all time high of BIF 264 bil in 2009 and an all time low of BIF -1,380 bil in 2023. When compared to Burundi's main peers, net foreign assets in Rwanda amounted to RWF 2,012 bil, TNS 8,720 bil in Tanzania, UGX 10,380 bil in Uganda and CDF 18,331 bil in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2023.

Burundi has been ranked 140th within the group of 141 countries we follow in terms of net foreign assets, 68 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Net Foreign Assets (Local Currency) Unit 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Angola AOA bil 4,218 7,030 7,311 5,913 6,105
Burundi BIF bil -200 -200 -211 -461 -698 ...
Central African Republic XAF bil 76.3 90.2 90.3 72.3 15.2 ... ...
Congo (DRC) CDF bil 3,439 5,052 9,315 15,432 13,856 ...
Congo (ROC) XAF bil 272 571 580 381 280 ...
Kenya KES bil 711 801 742 589 285 ...
Mozambique MZN bil 196 246 313 242 203
Rwanda RWF bil 987 1,082 1,441 1,415 1,432
South Sudan SSP bil ... ... ... ... ... ... ... -82.3 -53.2 -91.2 -325 -593 ...
Tanzania TNS bil 10,635 12,041 10,699 12,707 7,846
Uganda UGX bil 13,940 14,076 16,006 15,578 11,354
Zambia ZMW bil 24.8 24.2 39.0 37.6 50.6