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General Information

Region		Eastern Africa
Population (000, 2020)		12 952
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		525
Capital city		Kigali
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		1 094.8^b
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$)		922.5^b

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	5 772	8 278	9 510^c
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.3	8.9	8.6^c
GDP per capita (current US$)	575	728.1	773^c
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	30.2	30.1	31.2^c
Economy: Industry^d,e (% of Gross Value Added)	15.8	18.3	17.4^c
Economy: Services and other activity^d,f,g (% of GVA)	65.5	63.4	62.8^c
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	79.5	66.7	61.7
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	5.7	8.3	9.1
Employment in services^h (% employed)	14.8	25	29.2
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	1.1	1.1	1
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	84.1 / 84.9	83.9 / 84.0	84.0 / 83.3
CPI: Consumer Price Index^i,j (2010=100)	100	122	141^b
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	139	149	140^k
International trade: exports (million current US$)	242	579	992^b
International trade: imports (million current US$)	1 405	1 858	3 214^b
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 163	- 1 279	- 2 221^b
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-427	- 1 267	-746^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^l (average annual %)	2.5	2.5	2.6
Urban population (% of total population)	16.9	17	17.3^b
Urban population growth rate^l (average annual %)	2.6	2.6	...
Fertility rate, total^l (live births per woman)	4.8	4.2	4.1
Life expectancy at birth^l (females/males, years)	61.5 / 58.5	67.6 / 63.8	70.5 / 66.3
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	41.5 / 4.1	40.6 / 4.5	39.5 / 5.1
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	426.9 / 4.3	514.6 / 4.5	539.9 / 4.3^b
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	55.7ⁿ	135.6	150.1^b
Infant mortality rate^l (per 1 000 live births)	62.7	39.4	29.2
Health: Current expenditure^o (% of GDP)	8.6	6.5^p	6.6^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	0.1	0.1^c
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	4.9	3.8^h	3.1^c
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	150.1 / 146.4	140.6 / 138.7	132.1 / 134.0^c
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	31.6 / 31.6	39.4 / 36.3	43.3 / 38.5^c
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	5.2 / 6.7	6.7 / 8.5	6.0 / 7.5^c
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.9	2.6	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	56.2	63.8	61.2^q

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	8	18^h	21.8^h,a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	...	0.7^k
Threatened species (number)	55	61	168
Forested area^h (% of land area)	18.1	19.5	19.5^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	76	85^h	86^h,a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	8	8^h	8^h,a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	504	987	932^k
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	51.7	51.7	51.7^b
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	35.2 / ...	41.1 / ...	43.4 / ...^a
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	18	13.47	12.02^c

Footnotes

a		2017
b		2019
c		2018
d		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
e		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation and canals.
f		Excludes repair of personal and household goods.
g		Excludes computer and related activities and radio/TV activities.
h		Estimate.
i		Urban areas.
j		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
k		2016
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data as at the end of December.
o		Data revision.
p		Break in the time series.
q		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.