Indicators of economy in Rwanda
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2020 was at about 10.915 US Dollar per capita. In contrast, the GDP in Rwanda reached 798 US dollars per inhabitant, or 10.33 bn US Dollar in the whole country. Rwanda is one of the smaller economies and is currently ranked 143. If this is calculated per inhabitant taking into account the purchasing power parity, then Rwanda is in the list of the world's richest countries in place 177.Inflation in Rwanda was in 2021 at around -0.39%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.62%. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.
Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 70.1% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 67 and is compared to other countries moderate.
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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020
Overall, the gross domestic product in Rwanda in 2020 decreased moderatly from 10.36 billion US Dollar to 10.33 billion US Dollar. Certainly, there have been shifts in some sectors of the economy, but a minus of 0.21% is still comparatively good this year. Numerous countries suffered more substantial losses. The tourism sector alone slumped by around 67 percent. The unemployment rate rose from 1.1 to 1.5 percent. The consumer inflation rate has risen from 3.3% previously to 9.9% now.Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2021
Economic performance 2020
Rwanda Total | Rwanda per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 10.33 bn USD | 797.86 USD | 15,291.93 tn USD | 29,692.11 USD |
Gross national product | 10.07 bn USD | 777.66 USD | 15,330.84 tn USD | 29,767.66 USD |
Development of the Gross domestic product in billion US Dollar 1960 - 2020
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Im- and Exports 2020
Rwanda Total | Rwanda per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 3.58 bn USD | 276.21 USD | 7,340.01 bn USD | 14,251.98 USD |
Exports | 1.93 bn USD | 148.93 USD | 7,939.04 bn USD | 15,415.11 USD |
Development of imports and exports in million US dollars 2010 - 2020
Exports
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