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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2019)		12 627
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		511.8
Capital city		Kigali
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		1 094.8
UN membership date		18-Sep-62
Surface area (km2)		26 338^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		96.7
National currency		Rwanda Franc (RWF)
Exchange rate (per US$)		879.1^b

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 581	5 772	9 136^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	9.4	7.3	6.1^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	287.1	563.3	748.4^a
Economy: Agriculture^c (% of Gross Value Added)	39.3	30.2	33.3^a
Economy: Industry^c (% of Gross Value Added)	13.8	15.8	16.9^a
Economy: Services and other activity^c (% of GVA)	46.9	53.9	49.8^a
Employment: Agriculture^d (% of employed)	85.6	79.6	64.8
Employment: Industry^d (% of employed)	3.4	5.5	8.4
Employment: Services^d (% employed)	11	14.8	26.8
Unemployment^d (% of labour force)	1.7	3	1.4
Labour force participation^d (female/male pop. %)	84.0 / 85.4	84.4 / 85.2	84.2 / 83.5
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e,f (2010=100)	...	100	137^b
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	101	139	140^g
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	150	242	1 121^d,b
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	374	1 405	3 256^d,b
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	-224	- 1 163	- 2 135^b
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	...	-427	-628^a

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	2.2	2.5	2.5ⁱ
Urban population (% of total population)	16.9	16.9	17.3
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	4.8	2.6	2.6ⁱ
Fertility rate, total^h (live births per woman)	5.4	4.8	4.2ⁱ
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	51.4 / 49.4	61.5 / 58.5	67.6 / 63.8ⁱ
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.4 / 4.2	41.5 / 4.1	39.8 / 5.0
International migrant stock^j (000/% of total pop.)	432.8 / 4.8	436.8 / 4.3	443.1 / 3.6^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	64.4^k	55.7^k	152.5^b
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	94.3	62.7	39.4ⁱ
Health: Current expenditure^l (% of GDP)	8.8	8.6	6.8^g
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	...	0.1^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	5.7^m	4.9	3.2^d,a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	138.1 / 137.2	146.9 / 143.3	132.8 / 134.1^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	15.4 / 17.3	32.8 / 33.1	40.3 / 35.9^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	2.0 / 3.5ⁿ	5.0 / 6.4	7.2 / 8.1^a
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	...	2.8	2.5ⁱ
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	48.8	56.3	61.2

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	0.6^d	8	21.8^d,a
Threatened species (number)	37ⁿ	55	97
Forested area^d (% of land area)	15.6	18.1	19.7^g
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.5 / 0.1	0.6 / 0.1	0.8 / 0.1^o
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	63	76	86^d,g
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	8	8	8^d,g
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	113^p,m	504	932^g
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	45.7	45.7	45.7^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	22.42	18.03	13.71^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2018
c		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
d		Estimate.
e		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
f		Urban areas.
g		2016
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		2015
j		Including refugees.
k		Data as at the end of December.
l		Data revision.
m		2001
n		2004
o		2014
p		January-November.