Country: Rwanda
Continent: Africa
Population: 11,262,564[ (2015)
Land Size – 26,338 square km (10,169 sq miles)
Life Expectancy 59.67 years
Rwanda borders: DRC, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi
Rwanda is landlocked.
Independence (from Belgium) – 1 July 1962. The country was once owned by Germany from 1884 to 1916.
Belgium owned Rwanda from 1961 to 1962.
Since 2000 Rwanda’s economy, tourist numbers, and Human Development Index have grown rapidly; between 2006 and 2011 the poverty rate reduced from 57% to 45%, while life expectancy rose from 46.6 years in 2000 to 59.7 years in 2015.
GDP
GDP: $8,918 billion
GDP per capita $416 in 1994
GDP per capita $2090 in 2017
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
Export Value: $621 million
Import Value: $1.77B
Rwanda is the 101st largest export economy in the world.
In 2016, Rwanda had a negative trade balance of $1.15B.
The top exports of Rwanda are
Refined Petroleum $108M
Gold $79.7M
Tea $73.5M
Coffee $59.4M
Niobium, Tantalum, Vanadium and Zirconium Ore $39.6M
Rwanda’s top imports are:
Packaged Medicaments $73.8M,
Broadcasting Equipment $59.7M
Cement $56.8M,
Cars $56M
Raw Sugar $53.3M
TOP EXPORT DESTINATIONS OF RWANDA PRODUCTS
Democratic Republic of the Congo $197M
Kenya $99M
United Arab Emirates $87M
Switzerland $54.9M
Burundi $35.9M
COUNTRIES RWANDA IMPORTS FROM:
The top import origins are
France $264M
China $108M
India $87.5M
United States $74.7M
Belgium $66.8M
RWANDA PRODUCT EXPORTS
Refined Petroleum
Tin Ores
Tungsten ORe
Niobium, Tantulum, Vanadium and Zirconium Ore
Tea
Coffee
Rice
Wheat
CerealFlours
Sorghum
Palm Oil
Other Vegetable Oils
Cars
Aircraft Parts
Bovine
Equine and Bovine hides
Raw Lead
Soap
Bran
Used Clothing
Rubber Footwear
Glass Bottles
Sculpture
Telephones
Microphones & Headphones
RWANDA PRODUCT IMPORTS
Wheat
Cassava
Rice
Corn
Baked Goods
Yeast
Palm oil
Processed Fish
Soap
Pesticides
Cement
Salt
Gypsum
Bedspreads
Used Clothing
Plastic pipes
Paper
Brochures
Medical Instruments
Rubber
Furniture
Lighting
Raw Iron Bars
Coated Flat Rolled Iron
Rwanda borders Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania
Rwanda has a female majority in Government
Official Languages – Enflish & French
Local principal language: Kinyarwanda
Tribes: Hutu and Tutsi
90% of the population farms, but this is mostly subsistence farming.
Agrigulture is 32.5% of GDP (2014)
Industrial sector contributes 14.8% of GDP.
Minerals mined: Cassiterite, wolfamite, gold and coltan.
Source: wiki.com and mit.edu
