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Burundi
Burundi has a compulsory ID card and in May 2026 presented a digital civil-registry platform for a new biometric card, pending an implementing decree. No CBDC work found.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Burundi
- Program
- Carte Nationale d'Identité; planned biometric card
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
On 6 May 2026 the Interior Ministry presented a digital platform to manage civil documents and produce a future biometric national ID card with a unique number also usable on passports. The technical system is nearly complete but launch depends on adoption of an implementing decree. The family code also had to be revised to allow electronic registration.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- No known work
No public CBDC work found as of Oct 2026 in the sources checked.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-05-06Rolling it out
The Interior Ministry presented a platform for a new biometric national ID card. Digital Business Africa ↗
UN and WHO
How Burundi has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 53.5 · rank 151 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 2
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.