Human Development & Quality of Life in Burundi
Human Development
Burundi's 2023 HDI is 0.439, placing it 187 in UNDP's table and in the low human development category. The headline needs context: The planetary-pressure adjustment is limited at 0.9%, leaving PHDI at 0.435. Another part of the dashboard shows that the GII reading of 0.501 (rank 132) is an important counterpoint to the aggregate HDI.
What sits inside Burundi's HDI
Looking at the published indicators, Burundi's health, education and income inputs are 63.7 life expectancy, 9.8 expected schooling, 3.5 mean schooling and $859 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP terms. They belong to the HDI calculation rather than separate DigifyWorld scores.
Inequality changes the headline
For the 2023 development snapshot, IHDI is the HDI after allowing for unequal distribution of achievement. For Burundi, it remains an objective development measure rather than a subjective well-being indicator.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
In the UNDP data used here, Burundi has additional UNDP measures of GDI 0.932, GII 0.501, PHDI 0.435. These measures answer different questions, so they are kept separate.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
No dated comparable life-satisfaction figure is included for Burundi in this release. When looking across the UNDP tables, preserve the distinction between level and distribution instead of collapsing separate dimensions into one label.
What Burundi's numbers say together
In the UNDP data used here, the complementary evidence for Burundi includes IHDI 0.286 with a 34.9% loss; PHDI 0.435 after a 0.9% adjustment; GDI 0.932. The indicators add context without becoming a single composite DigifyWorld rating.
At 0.439, Burundi's 2023 HDI corresponds to UNDP rank 187. The ranking reflects the HDI framework only and does not capture every aspect of lived experience. For a like-for-like reading, avoid turning the indicator into a general country score because the evidence is strongest when each metric keeps its own scope.
The IHDI is 0.286, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 34.9% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.932 in group 3; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.435, with a 0.9% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Burundi's HDI?
UNDP's Human Development Report 2025 gives Burundi an HDI of 0.439 for 2023 and rank 187.
How does inequality affect Burundi's HDI?
For Burundi, IHDI is 0.286 and the associated inequality loss is 34.9%. This adjustment concerns the distribution of HDI achievements.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Quality-of-life data for Burundi appear only when the page can tie the value to a comparable source and year. No proxy is inserted for a value the source does not report.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI is built from health, schooling and income indicators. Quality-of-life evidence is presented alongside HDI only when a comparable observation is available. When looking across the UNDP tables, read the value with its stated unit instead of treating all development measures as interchangeable.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.