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Rwanda

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Rwanda is a country

  • Country Long: Republic of Rwanda
  • Currency: Rwandan franc
  • Capital City: Kigali
  • Region: Eastern Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Demonym: Rwandan
  • Latitude: -2°0′S
  • Longitude: 30°0′E
  • Agricultural Land: 18,117.00
  • Forest Area: 2,760.00 m²
  • Land Area: 24,670.00 m²
  • Rural Land: 22,337.30
  • Urban Land: 1,506.23
  • Central Government Debt Pct Gdp: 48.43%
  • Expense Pct Gdp: 21.51%
  • Gdp: 11,070,400,000.00
  • Inflation: 17.69
  • Self Employed Pct: 66.39%
  • Tax Revenue Pct Gdp: 15.06%
  • Unemployment Pct: 13.01%
  • Vulnerable Employment Pct: 66.34%
  • Electricity Access Pct: 46.60%
  • Renewable Energy Consumption Pct: 77.86%
  • Co2 Emissions: 1,332.82
  • Methane Emissions: 1,879.18
  • Nitrous Oxide Emissions: 1,889.68
  • Greenhouse Other Emissions: -173.09
  • Health Expenditure Pct Gdp: 7.32%
  • Health Expenditure Capita: 57.50
  • Hospital Beds: 1.60
  • Hiv Incidence: 0.34
  • Suicide Rate: 5.60
  • Armed Forces: 35,000.00
  • Military Expenditure Pct Gdp: 1.55%
  • Birth Rate: 29.98
  • Death Rate: 6.28
  • Fertility Rate: 3.82
  • Internet Pct: 30.46%
  • Life Expectancy: 66.00
  • Net Migration: -8,999
  • Population Female: 6,879,649
  • Population Male: 6,582,239
  • Population: 13,461,888
  • Women Parliament Seats Pct: 61.25%
  • Rural Population: 11,096,904
  • Urban Population: 2,364,984
  • Press: 1.49
  • Democracy Score: 3.35
  • Democracy Type: Authoritarian
  • Political Leader: Paul Kagame (President)
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Population

The country has a total population of 13,461,888 (0.17% of worldwide)

The average net migration is -8,999 (-0.1% of pop)

The population density is around 546 ppl/km²

Population distribution

The total population is 13,461,888

The male share is 48.9% and female 51.1%

The urban population represent 17.6% and rural 82.4%

Age distribution:

Location

Rwanda is located in Eastern Africa, Africa

The total country area is 24,670 km² (0.02% of worldwide)

Kigali is the capital

Cities

There are 13 cities in Rwanda in our database, they represent 11.29% of the population of the country altogether

City Population
Kigali 745,526
Butare 89,709
Gitarama 87,613
Ruhengeri 86,737
Gisenyi 83,718
Byumba 70,586
Cyangugu 63,883
Nyanza 56,679
Nyanza 56,679
Rwamagana 50,076
Kibuye 48,024
Kibungo 46,235
Gikongoro 33,832

UNESCO sites

There are 0 UNESCO World Heritage sites in Rwanda:

List of sites

Site Type Date inscribed

Politics

Rwanda democracy type is: Authoritarian

President Paul Kagame is the political leader of the country

Democracy forecast: protests for more democracy are likely

Parity forecast: at this rate of evolution, parity will be reached in 2010

Gender Equality in Parliament

Between 1997 and 2022, the percentage of women in Parliament increased from 17.14% to 61.25%

Unemployment

Between 1991 and 2022, unemployment in Rwanda increased from 11.97% to 13.01%

Self employment

Between 1991 and 2021, self employment in Rwanda decreased from 94.19% to 66.39%

GDP Evolution

Between 1960 and 2021, GDP in Rwanda increased from 119,000,000 to 11,070,400,000

The country GDP is 0.012% of worldwide

The GDP per capita is $822.35 and the GDP per km² is $448,739.36

Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2)

Latest: 1,333 kt CO2 / yr (0.0039% of worlwide)

Between 1990 and 2019, carbon dioxide emissions increased from 549.42 to 1,332.82 (kt CO2) in Rwanda

Methane (CH4) Emissions

Between 1990 and 2019, methane emissions increased from 866.5 to 1,879.18 (kt CO2 eq) in Rwanda

Renewable Energy

No data regarding electricity renewable production in Rwanda

Media

Freedom of the Press: good

Internet access: 30%

Internet Access

Between 1990 and 2021, internet access increased from 0% to 30.46% in Rwanda

Artists

There are 0 artists in our database for Rwanda:

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Health Expenditure % GDP

In Rwanda, between 2000 and 2020, health expenditure increased from 3.6% to 7.3% of GDP

Health Expenditure per Capita

In Rwanda, between 2000 and 2020, health expenditure per capita increased from 9.1 to 57.5

Hospital beds

In Rwanda, between 1970 and 2007, global hospital beds increased from 1.3 to 1.6 per 1000 people

Suicide Rate

In Rwanda, between 2000 and 2019, suicide rate decreased from 15.8 to 5.6 per 100,000 people

HIV Incidence

In Rwanda, between 1990 and 2021, HIV Incidence decreased from 4 to 0.34 per 1,000 people

COVID-19 Situation

Latest total reported figures for Rwanda

09-Mar Last 7 days vs last week Total
Cases 0.0 14.0 40.0% 133,194
Deaths 0.0 0.0 nan% 1,468
Case Fatality nan% 0.0% nan% 1.1%

Reported Covid-19 deaths, Rwanda

There have been a total of 1,468 deaths related to COVID-19 in Rwanda, 0.0 yesterday and 0.0 in the last 7 days (nan%)

The chart below shows a rolling 7-day average, and includes all corrections made by countries in the past

Reported Covid-19 cases, Rwanda

There have been a total 133,194 cases related to COVID-19 in Rwanda, 0.0 yesterday and 14.0 in the last 7 days (40.0%)

The graph below shows a rolling 7-day average, and includes all corrections made by countries in the past

In literature

There are 312 books about Rwanda in our database:

Military Expenditure

Military expenditure as a percentage of GDP decreased from 1.9% to 1.5% between 1973 and 2021 in Rwanda

Armed forces

Armed forces increased from 5,200 to 35,000 between 1985 and 2019 in Rwanda

Universities

There are 0 universities in Rwanda in our database

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