Debt - external:
$1.14 billion (2001)
Economic aid - recipient:
$92.7 million (2000)
Currency:
Burundi franc (BIF)
Currency code:
BIF
Exchange rates:
Burundi francs per US dollar - NA (2002), 830.35 (2001), 720.67
(2000), 563.56 (1999), 447.77 (1998)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Burundi
Telephones - main lines in use:
18,000 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
30,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: primitive system
domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications,
and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean)