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Rwanda GDP Annual Growth Rate
Last Release
Dec 31, 2022
Actual
7.3
Units In
%
Previous
10
Frequency
Quarterly
Next Release
Sep 20, 2025
Time to Release
2 Months 28 Days 13 Hours
Highest | Lowest | Average | Date Range | Source |
20.6 Jun 2021 | -12.5 Jun 2020 | 7.2 % | 2000-2022 | National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda |
Services is the largest sector of the Rwanda's economy and accounts for 53 percent of total GDP. Within services, the most important sub-sectors are: real estate activities (8 percent), wholesale and retail trade (8 percent), cultural, domestic & other services (6 percent), administrative and support service activities and public administration and defence; and compulsory social security (5 percent each). Agriculture, forestry and fishing account for 29 percent of GDP, with food crops contributing 17 percent. The industrial sector constitutes 18 percent of the GDP, with construction (7 percent) and manufacturing (6 percent) accounting for the largest shares. On the expenditure side, household consumption is the main component of GDP and accounts for 76 percent of its total use, followed by gross fixed capital formation (28 percent) and government expenditure (16 percent). Exports of goods and services account for 19 percent of GDP while imports account for 39 percent, subtracting 20 percent of total GDP. The major source of foreign trade is coffee, tea, tin cassiterite, wolframite and pyrethrum.
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Rwanda's economy expanded by 7.8% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025, easing from an 8.0% increase in the previous quarter and marking the slowest pace since Q3 2023. The deceleration was largely attributed to a notable slowdown in the services and agriculture sectors. The services sector expanded by 9% (vs. 11% in Q4), marking its weakest growth in six quarters, mainly due to sharp slowdowns in wholesale & retail trade (14% vs 23%) and transport (4% vs 8%). Meanwhile, agricultural output grew 2% (vs. 3%), the slowest since Q2 2023, mainly due to a decline in food crop production (-1% vs. 2%). In contrast, industrial activity accelerated to 9% (vs. 7%), marking its fastest growth in three quarters. This was supported by continued gains in manufacturing (7% vs. 3%) and construction (13% vs. 9%), while mining and quarrying output (-3% vs. 5%) contracted, reversing previous growth. On a quarterly basis, GDP shrank by 1.0%, compared with a 4.1% expansion in Q4 2024.
Rwanda GDP Annual Growth Rate History
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