LEAD. Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database
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Eastern Africa

Burundi

114 recorded engagements by Burundi's heads of state, heads of government and foreign ministers, 1990–2025.

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114Engagements
113Visits
0Phone calls
1Video conferences
9Signed agreements
31Destination countries
22Officials recorded
67Multilateral summits

At a glance

Between 1990 and 2025, Burundi's leaders recorded 114 engagements: 113 in-person visits, 0 phone calls and 1 video conferences. Activity peaked in 2021, with 11 engagements that year. The most frequent destination was United States of America (32 engagements), followed by Tanzania and Uganda. Diplomacy and Foreign Relations was the most common topic, present in 88% of engagements. 9 engagements produced a signed agreement, and 67 took place at multilateral summits. The most active official on record is Évariste Ndayishimiye (President), with 29 engagements between 2020 and 2025.

Activity by year

Every engagement recorded for Burundi, 1990–2025. Hover a bar for the exact count.

1990: 2 engagements1991: 1 engagement1992: 2 engagements1993: 1 engagement1994: 2 engagements1995: 1 engagement1996: 5 engagements1997: 1 engagement1998: 3 engagements1999: 3 engagements2000: 5 engagements2001: 2 engagements2002: 3 engagements2003: 5 engagements2004: 1 engagement2005: 3 engagements2006: 5 engagements2007: 3 engagements2008: 2 engagements2009: 4 engagements2010: 2 engagements2011: 1 engagement2012: 2 engagements2013: 3 engagements2014: 3 engagements2015: 0 engagements2016: 1 engagement2017: 2 engagements2018: 2 engagements2019: 1 engagement2020: 2 engagements2021: 11 engagements2022: 4 engagements2023: 11 engagements2024: 8 engagements2025: 7 engagements19901995200020052010201520202025

Most-visited countries

  • United States of America32
  • Tanzania14
  • Uganda11
  • Kenya6
  • China5
  • South Africa4
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo4
  • Rwanda3
  • Somalia3
  • Egypt3
  • Ethiopia3
  • France2

Discussion topics

  • Diplomacy and Foreign Relations100
  • Regional Organizations and Multilateral Affairs74
  • Trade and Economic Relations34
  • Peace Negotiations and Mediation25
  • International Conflicts and Crises15
  • Development and Aid11
  • Security and Defense11
  • Terrorism and Counterterrorism3
  • Energy3
  • Human Rights and Governance1
  • Infrastructure and Connectivity1
  • Maritime and Territorial Issues1

Cite this profile

Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22255254 [Burundi country profile. Accessed 2 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/country/burundi.html]

Every part of the site quotes this same reference; other formats (MLA, Chicago, Harvard, BibTeX) are on the About page, which also describes the coding rules and sources. Figures here were generated from the dataset on 2026-09-02 and describe outbound engagements by Burundi's own officials.