Burundi vs Mozambique

Burundi and Mozambique compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Mozambique has about 2.5 times as many people as Burundi: 35.6 million against 14.4 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Mozambique ($627) is about 2.7 times as high as in Burundi ($234) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Burundi (4.2%) than in Mozambique (-0.5%), a difference of 4.7 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Burundi (34.1%) than in Mozambique (4.4%), a difference of 29.7 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Mozambique (6.6%) than in Burundi (0.9%), a difference of 5.7 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Burundi (63.8 years) and Mozambique (63.8 years) in 2024.
• Half of the population is older than about 15.9 years in both Burundi and Mozambique in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Mozambique (20.5%) than in Burundi (8.6%), a difference of 11.9 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Mozambique (0.29 tonnes) are about 4.1 times as high as in Burundi (0.07 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Mozambique (41.3%) than in Burundi (10.9%), a difference of 30.4 percentage points in 2024.