Burundi vs Kenya: Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)

Burundi
-89.67 billion current LCU
in 2005
Kenya
-111.66 billion current LCU
in 2011
Burundi rank
33rd
Kenya rank
34th

Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU) over time

  • Burundi
  • Kenya
-100.0B0100.0B197919952011

How they compare

Burundi currently reports -89.67 billion current LCU against -111.66 billion current LCU in Kenya, a difference of 21.99 billion current LCU.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Kenya ahead.

Burundi ranks 33rd and Kenya ranks 34th of 51 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Kenya Difference Ahead
1980s -11.98 billion current LCU -4.81 billion current LCU 7.16 billion current LCU Kenya
1990s -15.76 billion current LCU 4.79 billion current LCU 20.54 billion current LCU Kenya
2000s -50.11 billion current LCU -18.30 billion current LCU 31.81 billion current LCU Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher overall budget balance, including grants, Burundi or Kenya?
Burundi, at -89.67 billion current LCU against -111.66 billion current LCU in Kenya as of 2005.
What is the difference in overall budget balance, including grants between Burundi and Kenya?
21.99 billion current LCU, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Kenya?
26 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2005.
How do Burundi and Kenya rank globally for overall budget balance, including grants?
Burundi ranks 33rd and Kenya ranks 34th of 51 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank country economists, published as Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Overall budget balance, including grants (current LCU)
Unit
current LCU
Source
World Bank country economists
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 1,403 data points, 1965–2011
Last refreshed

Overall budget deficit is current and capital revenue and official grants received, less total expenditure and lending minus repayments. Data are shown for central government only, and are in current local currency.