Burundi

Women

Burundi ranks 124 out of 162 countries in the Gender Inequality Index, where a high rank equals high equality. Women should always be considered as a particularly vulnerable group though.

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Children

Burundi has a Workplace Index score of 6.3, a Marketplace Index score of 5.5 and a Community and Environment Index score of 6.0 in the Children’s Rights and Business Atlas, where countries receive scores between 0 and 10. A score closer to 0 reflects a need for basic children’s rights due diligence, while a higher score reflects a need for enhanced or heightened due diligence. Children should always be considered as a particularly vulnerable group though. 

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Persons with Disabilities

Due to differences in data collection and definitions it is difficult to compare countries on disability prevalence rates. Persons with disabilities should always be considered as a particularly vulnerable group though.

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Minorities and Indigenous Peoples

According to the World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples, the main minority groups in Burundi are Tutsis (14 %) and Batwa (1 %). There is also a small population of Twa - indigenous peoples descended from the original forest-dwelling inhabitants. Burundi has witnessed extremely high levels of violence mostly perpetrated by what was an overwhelmingly Tutsi army, against the majority Hutu population. 

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Migrant Workers​

According to the ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers, migrant workers as a proportion of all workers is 3 % in the subregion Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Persons in Armed Conflict

Burundi ranks 16 out of 179 countries in the Fragile States Index, where a high rank equals high fragility. For monthly crisis updates, check out CrisisWatch.