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2024
global knowledge index
Burundi
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):11.347
- Population:13,689,450
- HDI:0.42
131/141
Gki
Score
31.4
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Burundi is a weak performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 131st out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 14th out of the 23 countries with low human development.
Areas of Strength
- Female-to-male labour force participation
- Ecological footprint per capita
- Ratio of medium-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Ratio of high-skill TVET occupations earnings to average wage
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
Areas of Improvement
- Share of TVET occupations
- Fixed-broadband upload and download speeds
- Mobile broadband basket (% GNI per capita)
- Output per worker
- GDP per capita
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
131
33.11
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
125
38.65
Higher
Education
93
39.08
Research, Development
and Innovation
80
28.07
Information and
Communications Technology
140
17.91
Economy
138
32.68
Enabling
Environment
127
38.95
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GKI Pillars
