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Rwanda statistics

Social indicators

 

Total population (million), 2003

8.4

Population growth (annual%), 2003

2.8

Population density (people per km2), 2003

340.3

Rural population density(people per km2), 2002

684.5

Rural population (% of total population), 2003
93.4

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

43.3

Crude death rate (per 1,000 people), 2003

21.6

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births),2003

118.0

Under 5 mortality rate (per 1,000 children),2003

203.0

Life expectancy at birth (years), 2003

39.8

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population aged 15-49), 2003

5.1

Total labour force (million), 2003

4.6

Female labour force (% of total labor force), 2003

50.2


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Poverty indicators  

Number of rural poor (million) (approximate), 1999-2000

4.7

Rural population below the poverty line(%)1999-2000

65.7

Population living below $1 a day (%), 1999-2000

51.7

Population living below $2 a day (%), 1999-2000

83.7

Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1999-2000

60.3

Share of income or consumption lowest 20%, 1983-85

9.7


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Education  

School enrolment, primary (% gross) 2002

122.0

Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above), 2002

69.2


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Nutrition  

Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5 , 2000

24.3

Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5), 2000

42.6

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population),2002

37.0

Per capita Dietary Energy Supply(Kcal/day), 2000-20022/

2,050.0

 
   
Health  

Health expenditure, total (as % of GDP) 2002

5.5

Physicians (per 1,000 people)

..

Improved water source, rural (% of rural population with access), 2002

69.0

Improved sanitation facilities, rural (% of rural population with access), 2002

38.0


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Agriculture and food  

Agricultural labour force (% of total labour force), 20032/

90.0

Food imports (% of merchandise imports), 2003

11.7

Fertilizer consumption (100 of grams per ha of arable land), 2002

137.0

Food production index (1999-2001=100)

112.7

Crop production index (1999-2001 = 100), 2004
113.8

Cereal yield (kg per ha), 2004

1,006.1

 

 

Major Exports (% share in Agriculture), 2003 2/

 

Coffee, green

47.5

Tea

40.6

Skins, dry-salted (sheep)

5.4

 

 

Major Imports (% share in Agriculture), 20032/

 

Flour of wheat

11.0

Beans, dry

10.6

Oil of palm

9.5


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Environment  

Land area (sq km), 2003

24,670.0

Arable land as % of land area, 2002

45.2

Forest area (% of land area), 2000

12.4

Irrigated land as % of cropland, 2002

0.4


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Economic indicators

 

Local currency

Rwanda Francs

Exchange rate: 1.00 USD =

 551.3 RWF

GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)

220.0

GDP (current US$), 2003

1,637.3

GDP per capita growth (annual %), 2003

3.2

Inflation, consumer prices (annual %), 2003

6.9

 

 

Sectoral distribution value added(% of GDP), 2003

 

%Agriculture

41.6

%industry

21.9

%Manufacturing

11.3

%Services

36.0

 

 

Consumption

 

General government final consumption expenditure (as % of GDP), 2003

13.8

Household final consumption expenditure, etc. (as % of GDP), 2003

85.1

Gross domestic savings (% of GDP)

1.1

   
Trade  

Merchandise exports (current USD million), 2003

60.0

Merchandise imports (current USD million), 2003

240.0

Balance of merchandise trade (current USD million), 2003

-220.0

 

 

Foreign direct investment, net ((BoP, current USD million), 2002

2.6

   
Government finance  

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

..

Expense (% of GDP)

..

Total external debt (DOD, current USD million), 2003

1,540.0

Present value of debt (as % of GNI), 2003

57.0

Total debt service (% of exports of goods and services), 2003

14.4

Official development assistance and official aid (current USD million), 2003

331.6

Lending interest rate (%)

..

Deposit interest rate (%), 2003

8.1


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Technology and infrastructure  
Mobile phones (per 1,000 people), 2003
16.0

Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people), 2002

16.4

Telephone average cost of local call (USD per three minutes), 2002

0.1

Personal computers (per 1,000 people)

..

Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2002

3.1

   

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2005 unless otherwise specified below

1/ UNDP, Human Development Report, 2006

2/ FAO 2005Food and agriculture indicators

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