Rwanda Rwanda

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  • Capital: Kigali
  • Population: 13,461,888
  • Surface Area: 26,340 km2
  • Currency: Rwandan francs
  • Religion: Mostly Christianity
  • Belongs to: ACP, IMF, UN, AU

Rwanda, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 26,340 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Rwanda, with a population of 13,461,888 people, it is ranked at 76º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 511 people per km2.

It's capital is Kigali and its currency is Rwandan francs

Rwanda is holding the 139 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 6,225 millions of euros (7,368 millions of dollars), ( 66.66% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €462 euros per inhabitant$547 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Rwanda, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.534 points in 2021, leaving it in 165th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Rwanda are business, you must know it's in the 38th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Rwanda, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Kigali: Monthly Temp.
Kigali: Monthly Rainfall
Rwanda Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€12,641M
Annual GDP [+]2022$13,311M
GDP per capita [+]2022€939
GDP per capita [+]2022$989
Debt (M.€.) [+]20216,225
Debt ($M) [+]20217,368
Debt (%GDP) [+]202166.66%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€462
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$547
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-654
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-775
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-7.01%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20212,951.2
Expenditure ($M) [+]20213,492.8
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2021356.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2021422.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202111.32%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2017184.9
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017208.8
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20178.88%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022183.3
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022193.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20224.48%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202131.60%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€219
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$259
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021€27
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2021$31
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€15
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$17
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€14
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$14
S&P Rating [+]01/27/2023B+
Fitch Rating [+]09/03/2019B+
Corruption Index [+]202251
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019100º
Fragile States Index [+]201889.3
RTI Raking [+]202268º
Innovation Ranking [+]201899º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2021Q418.3%
Unemployed [+]2021Q4955K
NMW [+]2022$2.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]201771º
Business
Doing Business [+]202038º
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202117.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20191,544,000
Exports [+]2021€1,057.8M
Exports [+]2021$1,251.1M
Exports % GDP [+]202111.33%
Imports [+]2021€2,446.8M
Imports [+]2021$2,893.8M
Imports % GDP [+]202126.20%
Trade balance [+]2021€-1,388.9M
Trade balance [+]2021$-1,642.7M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-14.87%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201589º
Density [+]2021511
Global Peace Ranking [+]202388º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017180.6
% Immigrant [+]20203.91%
% Emigrant [+]20203.75%
Birth Rate [+]202129.98‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017324.1
Crude death rate [+]20216.28‰
Fertility Rate [+]20213.82
% risk of poverty [+]201638.2%
Population [+]202113,461,888
Immigrant stock [+]2020513,907
Emigrant stock [+]2020492,489
HDI [+]20210.534
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202312º
Life expectancy [+]202166.07
Suicides [+]2015992
Suicide rate [+]20158.52
Number of homicides [+]2020472
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20203.59
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.09
Consumption GWh [+]2021692
Generation GWh [+]2021855
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20241,468
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/2024133,208
Fully vaccinated [+]06/04/202310,399,665
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/2024109.05
Doses administered [+]06/04/202327,322,059