Country
Rwanda
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Kigali
- ISO code
- RW · RWA
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 14.6M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 3,559 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 68.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 14.6M 2025 76th of 214
- Population density 600 people/km² 2024 15th of 212
- Population growth 2.17 % per year 2025 40th of 214
- Natural increase 22.4 per 1,000 people 2023 35th of 228
- Net migration 0.4 per 1,000 people 2025 71st of 214
- Fertility rate 3.64 births per woman 2024 38th of 214
- Urban population 30.9 % 2025 192nd of 214
- Median age 19.4 years 2023 192nd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 4.0 % 2025 163rd of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 6.8 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 160th of 214
- Children under 15 37.0 % 2025 42nd of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 68.0 years 2024 165th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 70.1 years 2024 171st of 214
- Life expectancy, men 65.7 years 2024 164th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.4 years 2024 134th of 214
- Infant mortality 29.4 per 1,000 births 2024 48th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 37.7 per 1,000 births 2024 46th of 195
- Maternal mortality 229 per 100,000 births 2023 34th of 193
- Health spending per person 53 USD 2023 170th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 177 $ (PPP) 2023 160th of 191
- Physicians 0.09 per 1,000 people 2022 169th of 179
- Hospital beds 0.8 per 1,000 people 2023 129th of 150
- Measles immunization 97 % 2024 31st of 191
- Undernourishment 22.6 % 2024 19th of 165
- Tobacco use 10.1 % 2024 131st of 165
- Calorie supply 2,405 kcal per day 2023 152nd of 175
- Meat supply 6.4 kg per person per year 2023 171st of 175
Economy
- GDP 16.4B USD 2025 137th of 185
- GDP per capita 1,124 USD 2025 171st of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 3,559 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 161st of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 2,198 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 142nd of 165
- GDP growth 9.4 % 2025 6th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 7.0 % 2025 7th of 185
- Inflation 5.9 % 2025 32nd of 169
- Unemployment 11.4 % 2025 29th of 181
- Youth unemployment 16.4 % 2025 66th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 15.3 % 2025 87th of 150
- Trade 72 % of GDP 2024 102nd of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 39.4 2023 42nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 38.6 % 2023 23rd of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 20.8 % of GDP 2024 33rd of 187
- Women in the labour force 57.3 % 2025 63rd of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.578 2023 158th of 192
- Literacy rate 78.8 % 2022 83rd of 122
- Education spending 4.7 % of GDP 2022 55th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 45 % 2023 135th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 9 % 2023 121st of 127
- Primary completion rate 59 % 2023 129th of 135
- Women in parliament 63.8 % 2025 1st of 183
- Homicide rate 3.6 per 100,000 people 2020 53rd of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 2.3 Mt CO₂ 2024 150th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 183rd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.14 t CO₂ 2024 201st of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 168th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.6 t CO₂e 2024 193rd of 201
- Forest area 26.1 % of land 2024 115th of 208
- Water stress 20 % 2022 68th of 176
- Arable land 48.9 % of land 2024 7th of 205
- Renewable energy 79.4 % of final energy 2021 18th of 210
- Renewable electricity 49.6 % of electricity 2024 68th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 15.0 % of electricity 2024 46th of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 3.5 % of electricity 2024 96th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 362 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 115th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 79 kWh 2024 178th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 36.0 µg/m³ 2023 30th of 199
Rwanda on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldKinyarwanda, English, French +1 · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldRwandan franc (RWF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, J · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- Volcano & earthquake map1 volcanoSource: Smithsonian GVP (Smithsonian Terms of Use)
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)