Rwanda

Capital: KigaliRegion: Sub-Saharan Africa Income: Low income
GDP
$15.47B
2026
Population
14.3M
2024
GDP per Capita
$1K
2026
Life Expectancy
67.8 years
2023

Economy

IndicatorValueYear
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$15.47B2026
Real GDP Growth (%)7.5%2026
GDP per Capita (USD)$1K2026
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$63.54B2026
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$4K2026
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)0.03%2026
GNI (Current USD)$13.90B2024
GNI per Capita (USD)$1K2024
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$4K2024
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)21.0%2024
Services Value Added (% of GDP)47.6%2024
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)24.6%2024
Government Consumption (% of GDP)17.1%2024
Household Consumption (% of GDP)64.9%2024
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)25.9%2024
Gross Savings (% of GNI)21.1%2024
GDP Deflator (%)3.8%2024
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$9K2024
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)8.9%2024
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)7.2%2022
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$6742021
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)-1.5%2021
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-8.3%2024
Coal Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.00%2021
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.05%2021
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)4.0%2021
Forest Rents (% of GDP)3.97%2021
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$2.99B2024

Fiscal & Monetary

IndicatorValueYear
Inflation, Consumer Prices (%)4.7%2026
Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP)74.8%2026
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)-3.3%2026
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-15.9%2026
Total Investment (% of GDP)30.0%2026
Gross National Savings (% of GDP)14.1%2026
Inflation, CPI (%, World Bank)1.8%2024
Lending Interest Rate (%)16.0%2024
Deposit Interest Rate (%)10.3%2024
Government Revenue (% of GDP)19.3%2023
Tax Revenue (% of GDP)13.5%2023
Taxes on Goods & Services (% of revenue)25.9%2023
Taxes on Income, Profits & Capital Gains (% of rev)25.5%2023
Net Investment in Nonfinancial Assets (% of GDP)9.3%2023
Total Reserves incl. Gold (USD)$2.41B2024
Total Reserves (months of imports)4.22024
Official Exchange Rate (per USD)1,318.132024
Broad Money (% of GDP)27.7%2024

Trade

IndicatorValueYear
Trade (% of GDP)70.0%2024
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)39.1%2024
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$4.39B2024
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$5.58B2024
Merchandise Exports (USD)$3.20B2024
Merchandise Imports (USD)$6.03B2024
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)4.0%2024
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.1%2024
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$572.9M2024
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$517.0M2024
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)3.6%2024
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)4.8%2022
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-12.7%2024
Current Account Balance (USD)$-1.81B2024

External Debt

IndicatorValueYear
External Debt (% of GNI)93.9%2024
External Debt Stocks (USD)$13.05B2024
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)3.1%2024
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$6.02B2024
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$1.10B2024
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)9.9%2023

Finance

IndicatorValueYear
Domestic Credit by Financial Sector (% of GDP)24.5%2024
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)22.6%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (% of GDP)19.3%2024
Stock Market Capitalization (USD)$2.75B2024
Stock Market Turnover (% of GDP)0.3%2024
Listed Domestic Companies52024
Bank Capital to Assets Ratio (%)12.0%2022
Bank Nonperforming Loans (%)3.3%2022
Account Ownership at Financial Institution (%)50.0%2017
Account Ownership, Female (%)45.0%2017
Account Ownership, Male (%)55.7%2017
Firms Using Banks to Finance Investment (%)24.3%2023

Business Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Time to Get Electricity (days)482023

Private Sector

IndicatorValueYear
Firms Expected to Pay Bribes (%)9.4%2023
Firms with Female Top Manager (%)37.8%2023
Firms with Female Participation in Ownership (%)28.1%2023
Average Firm Age (years)28 years2023
Firms Using Computers (%)41.4%2023

People

IndicatorValueYear
Population14.3M2024
Population Growth (%)2.1%2024
Population Density (per km²)5662023
Surface Area (sq km)26,3382023
Land Area (sq km)24,6702023
Urban Population (%)29.9%2024
Urban Population (total)4.3M2024
Rural Population (%)70.1%2024
Life Expectancy at Birth67.8 years2023
Life Expectancy, Male65.5 years2023
Life Expectancy, Female69.9 years2023
Fertility Rate (births per woman)3.72023
Birth Rate (per 1,000)28.32023
Death Rate (per 1,000)5.92023
Net Migration6,2822025
Population Ages 0–14 (%)37.4%2024
Population Ages 15–64 (%)58.7%2024
Population Ages 65+ (%)3.9%2024
Age Dependency Ratio (%)70.3%2024
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)250.92023
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)172.72023

Labor

IndicatorValueYear
Total Labor Force5.8M2025
Labor Force Participation (%)63.7%2025
Female Labor Force Participation (%)57.3%2025
Male Labor Force Participation (%)70.6%2025
Unemployment (%)11.4%2025
Female Unemployment (%)12.8%2025
Male Unemployment (%)10.1%2025
Youth Unemployment (%)16.4%2025
Employment in Agriculture (%)35.1%2025
Employment in Industry (%)18.4%2025
Employment in Services (%)46.5%2025
Vulnerable Employment (%)39.4%2025
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)59.6%2025
Part-Time Employment (%)55.1%2024
Employers (% of total employment)1.1%2025
Labor Force, Female (% of total)46.8%2025

Education

IndicatorValueYear
Education Spending (% of GDP)4.7%2024
Education Spending (% of govt expenditure)13.9%2025
Adult Literacy Rate (%)78.8%2022
Male Literacy Rate (%)81.0%2022
Youth Literacy Rate (%)90.0%2022
Primary School Enrollment (%)149.6%2024
Secondary School Enrollment (%)48.8%2024
Tertiary School Enrollment (%)9.4%2024
Primary Completion Rate (%)66.8%2024
Lower Secondary Completion Rate (%)47.6%2024
Out-of-School Children, Primary19,5042024
Out-of-School Girls, Primary75,1572022
Primary School Teachers68,3262024
Secondary School Teachers34,3242024
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Primary602018
Pupil-Teacher Ratio, Secondary282018
Expenditure per Student, Primary (% of GDP/cap)28.6%2018

Health

IndicatorValueYear
Health Spending (% of GDP)5.1%2023
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$532023
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)2.4%2023
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)4.1%2023
Physicians (per 1,000 people)0.12022
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)1.12022
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)0.82023
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)40.02023
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)36.12023
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)43.72023
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)38.2%2019
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)50.4%2019
Cause of Death, Injury (%)11.4%2019
Measles Immunization (% of children)97.0%2024
DPT Immunization (% of children)98.0%2024
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.182024
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)622024
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)33.1%2020
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)5.6%2020
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)21.0%2022
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)7.6%2022
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)8.72021
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)2.92020

Energy & Environment

IndicatorValueYear
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)3732022
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)682022
Renewable Electricity Output (%)61.0%2021
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)79.9%2022
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)9.3%2023
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)31.32020
Forest Area (%)11.3%2023
Forest Area (sq km)2,7902023
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)9.1%2024
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)61.4%2024
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)81.3%2024

Agriculture

IndicatorValueYear
Agricultural Land (%)76.3%2023
Cereal Yield (kg per hectare)1,6052023
Food Production Index (2014–2016=100)117.32022
Crop Production Index (2014–2016=100)123.22022
Livestock Production Index (2014–2016=100)87.22022
Land Under Cereal Production (hectares)527,3262023
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare)31.82023
Annual Freshwater Withdrawals (% of internal)6.4%2022

Technology

IndicatorValueYear
Internet Users (%)34.2%2023
Fixed Broadband Subscriptions (per 100)0.42023
Secure Internet Servers (per million)161.02024
R&D Spending (% of GDP)0.79%2023
Patent Applications, Residents142021
Patent Applications, Non-Residents22021
Scientific Journal Articles3532022
High-Technology Exports (USD)$6.8M2022
ICT Service Exports (% of service exports)3.2%2024
Industrial Design Applications, Resident112021
Researchers in R&D (per million)1332023

Infrastructure

IndicatorValueYear
Air Transport, Passengers Carried1.5M2023
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)0.02019
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)2.802022
Electricity from Oil (%)16.6%2022
Electricity from Nuclear (%)0.0%2021

Gender

IndicatorValueYear
Women in Parliament (%)63.8%2024
Female Labor Force Participation, 15+ (%)57.2%2024
Female Wage & Salaried Workers (%)55.9%2025
Girls Out-of-School Rate (%)123.6%2018
Adolescent Fertility Rate (per 1,000)30.82023
Women Who Believe Husband Can Beat Wife (%)49.6%2020
Gender Parity Index, Secondary1.152021

Governance

IndicatorValueYear
Control of Corruption0.672023
Government Effectiveness0.392023
Regulatory Quality0.122023
Voice & Accountability-0.902023
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)73.1%2023
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)65.1%2023
Rule of Law (percentile rank)56.6%2023
Political Stability (percentile rank)49.8%2023

Military

IndicatorValueYear
Military Spending (% of GDP)1.2%2024
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.7%2020
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)3.62020

Poverty & Inequality

IndicatorValueYear
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)38.6%2023
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)62.2%2023
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)89.8%2023
Gini Index39.42023
Income Share, Top 10%33.4%2023
Income Share, Bottom 10%3.1%2023
Income Share, Top 20%47.6%2023
Income Share, Bottom 20%7.4%2023

Social Protection

IndicatorValueYear
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.382020
Human Capital Index, Female0.392020
Human Capital Index, Male0.372020
Learning-Adjusted Years of School3.9 years2020

Tourism

IndicatorValueYear
International Tourism, Arrivals1.6M2019
Tourism Receipts (USD)$212.0M2020
Tourism Expenditures (USD)$127.0M2020
Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)11.0%2020
International Tourism, Transport Services (USD)$92.0M2020

Urban Development

IndicatorValueYear
Population in Largest City1.3M2025
Population in Agglomerations >1M (% of total)9.1%2025
Population in Slums (% of urban)38.3%2022
Rural Population Growth (%)0.7%2024