Rwanda
Country
Key facts
- Currency: Rwandan franc
- Capital city: Kigali
- Region: Eastern Africa
- Continent: Africa
- Land area: 24,670 km²
- Population: 13,776,698
- Political Leader: Paul Kagame (President)
Latest news (see all)
Lords warned concession on Rwanda plan could lead to more migrants crossing the Channel
Read: Express
2024-04-18
Blow for Rishi Sunak as Downing Street drops spring target for Rwanda migrant flights
Read: Express
2024-04-18
Rishi Sunak delays Rwanda flight plans as Downing Street refuses to commit to Spring
Read: Independent
2024-04-18
Rwanda bill - live: Sunak doubles down on refusal to help Afghan heroes as no guarantee of fights by spring
Read: Independent
2024-04-18
Should Afghan interpreters who helped UK troops be exempt from being sent to Rwanda?
Read: Express
2024-04-18
Rwanda bill - live: Shapps insists he wants to help Afghan heroes despite government blocking Lord's amendment
Read: Independent
2024-04-18
A Timeline of Britain's Troubled Plan to Send Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
Read: The New York Times
2024-04-18
Metrics
General information
Business
Central government debt | 48.43 % of GDP |
Expense | 21.53 % of GDP |
GDP | 13,311,500,000.00 current US$ |
Inflation | 17.69 annual % |
Self-employed | 64.00 % of total employment |
Tax revenue | 15.08 % of GDP |
Unemployment | 14.95 % of total labor force |
Vulnerable employment | 63.95 % of total employment |
Environment
Agricultural land | 20,044.60 km² |
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 1,382.00 kt |
Fertility rate | 3.82 births per woman |
Forest area | 2,770 km² |
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | -173.09 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Median age | 15.20 years |
Methane emissions | 2,680.92 kt of CO2 equivalent |
Nitrous oxide emissions | 2,006.21 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
Female Population | 7,035,658 |
Male Population | 6,741,039 |
Renewable energy consumption | 81.39 % of total final energy consumption |
Rural land area | 22,337.30 km² |
Rural population | 11,335,329 |
Urban land area | 1,506.23 km² |
Urban population | 2,441,369 |
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.00 % of total population |
Health
Birth rate | 29.98 per 1,000 people |
Death rate | 6.28 per 1,000 people |
Health expenditure per capita | 57.50 current US$ |
Health expenditure | 7.32 % of GDP |
Incidence of HIV | 0.34 per 1,000 uninfected population |
Hospital beds | 1.60 per 1,000 people |
Life expectancy at birth | 66 years |
Suicide mortality rate | 5.60 per 100,000 population |
Other
Access to electricity | 48.70 % of population |
Individuals using the Internet | 30.46 % of population |
Net migration | -8,999 |
Press freedom | 1.49 |
Politics
Armed forces personnel | 35,000 |
Democracy score | 3.35 |
Democracy type | Authoritarian |
Military expenditure | 1.45 % of GDP |
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 61.25 % |
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Source
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Updated: 1 day ago