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How poor is Burundi? A bicycle is comparable to a Mercedes BMW

author:Big Earth Small Story

It is one of the least developed countries in the world, the happiness index of residents ranks second from the bottom in the world, the per capita annual income is less than 1,000 US dollars, this country is Burundi, today the ball brother will take everyone to understand.

Burundi is located in the central and eastern part of Africa, bordering Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Lake Tanganyika to the southwest. Burundi has more than 11.1 million people up and down the country, but the land area is only 27,000 square kilometers, so its door density is very large, the lack of domestic resources and the weak industrial base seem to be a common problem in backward countries, and it is these factors that make them one of the poorest countries in the world. In the impression of many people, African countries are synonymous with poverty and backwardness, but it is unimaginable that Burundi's per capita annual income is only 808 US dollars, which is equivalent to about 5700 yuan, which is the poorest country in Africa, but this is only the average, and many people cannot reach this level.

How poor is Burundi? A bicycle is comparable to a Mercedes BMW

Despite the low per capita income, domestic prices in Burundi are very high, basically the same as those in our own country. The price of buying a bottle of canned Coke in Burundi is 900 francs, equivalent to 3.5 yuan, which is even slightly higher than our domestic price, and the price is similar to our domestic price. The average monthly salary is only more than 400 yuan, and from here we can see how poor Burundi is. The World Food Programme said that in Burundi, more than 58 percent of the population, because of hunger leading to chronic malnutrition, only a few people can eat enough, this is not sensationalism, this is a true portrayal of Burundi. Every year, countless people lose their precious lives, some children are slowly developing due to malnutrition, many primary school students drop out of school, and their basic education is delayed because of poverty.

How poor is Burundi? A bicycle is comparable to a Mercedes BMW

What is the current situation in the country of Burundi? The infrastructure in the country is very bad, especially in terms of transportation. It should be known that with the rapid development of industry, cars have entered thousands of households, and the emergence of motor vehicles not only facilitates travel, but also accelerates the development of the transportation industry, and the development of many industries is inseparable from transportation. But in Burundi, they still maintain the mode of transportation of the last century, which is the use of bicycles. Because of food shortages, many ordinary people in Burundi can only use fruits to feed their hunger, and their country is rich in tropical fruits such as bananas and mangoes, but the tools they use to transport fruits are still bicycles.

How poor is Burundi? A bicycle is comparable to a Mercedes BMW

If you've been to Burundi, you'll find that on the side of the road or in the woods, there are groups of people transporting fruit on bicycles, they tie bundles of fruit to the back seat of their bicycles, and then cycle from this town to another. In modern society, they are still using the most primitive modes of transportation, and the extent of poverty can be imagined. In this barren land of Africa, the most lacking is food, many people can not even eat rice, let alone eat meat, the people can not eat meat once a year, some children from childhood to adulthood do not know what meat tastes, every New Year's Festival is a bowl of white rice and their own vegetables, in short, Burundi gives everyone the impression of a word poor!

How poor is Burundi? A bicycle is comparable to a Mercedes BMW

What little-known cold knowledge does Burundi have in this country? In fact, there is also such a thing as a dowry in their customs, but their dowry is not the same as our country, which is the same meaning. Men in Burundi do not have high bride price requirements, do not need to buy a house, buy a car, men only need to give the woman a hoe to marry a wife, because in their view, the hoe is a tool for the production of food, symbolizing a hope, implying that they can eat and wear warm after marriage. Slightly better conditions will send a cow to the woman as a dowry, but that is also a very small minority, cattle are the most precious thing in Burundi, the average person can not afford to send, so a hoe can marry a wife to go home.

How poor is Burundi? A bicycle is comparable to a Mercedes BMW

You must know that the current network is very developed, if you say that you do not go online for an hour, you will certainly not accept it. In Burundi, their internet penetration rate is less than 5%, many people do not have mobile phones, do not know what the internet is, only a very small number of people in the upper class can enjoy the convenience of the Internet, ordinary people simply do not have that condition. And in Burundi you run is also on record, because there are three tribes in burundi, one tribe of people elected Z, and the other tribe of people mixed into the running team to protest, so in 2014 issued a decree banning running. If you have to run, you have to go on record, you can only run in the place they choose, if there are many runners, there may be police officers who come to ask you, so this is the basic situation in Burundi.

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