Debt - external:
$1.133 billion (2002)
Economic aid - recipient:
$92.7 million (2000)
Currency:
Burundi franc (BIF)
Currency code:
BIF
Exchange rates:
Burundi francs per US dollar - 1,082.62 (2003), 930.75 (2002),
830.35 (2001), 720.67 (2000), 563.56 (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Burundi
Telephones - main lines in use:
23,900 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
64,000 (2003)
Telephone system:
general assessment: primitive system
domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications,
and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Indian Ocean)