The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Burundi  
Rank: 122 · Score: 12.5  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 12.9   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 4.6   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 357.6   Venture capital investments (quartile) Bottom
GDP growth (per cent) 3.3   Private equity investments (quartile) Bottom
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 122 2, 2, 3, 2, 3 12.5
1 Economic Activity 119 6, 6, 5, 6, 6 45.8
2 Depth of Capital Market 123 2, 1, 2, 1, 2 3.9
3 Taxation 103 29, 25, 21, 22, 22 67.2
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 119 2, 5, 5, 6, 6 33.6
5 Human and Social Environment 122 3, 8, 4, 7, 3 16.7
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 124 5, 2, 3, 0, 1 7.6


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Burundi  
Africa
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Mozambique 63.5 7.1 54.5 28.5 16.7 26.8
Benin 65.5 4.7 56.3 42.4 32.6 19.6
Lesotho 17.0 4.1 72.4 54.6 26.3 18.4
Angola 62.4 4.3 79.9 39.7 13.9 10.7
Burundi 45.8 3.9 67.2 33.6 16.7 7.6
Mauritania 52.1 3.5 79.5 39.1 19.3 6.3
Chad 63.0 3.4 18.6 33.4 17.0 7.7
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023