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Rwanda
Rwanda's minimum wage is $7 PPP/mo, the lowest of 85. And its average monthly salary is $193 PPP/mo, the lowest of 92.
Of 16 fields published for Rwanda, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
27 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$193 PPP/mo
The average employee in Rwanda earns about $193 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
18.60 %
100 saved in Rwanda in 2000 buys what 19 buys today — 81 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$193 PPP/mo
The average employee in Rwanda earns about $193 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$7 PPP/mo
The law in Rwanda sets the floor at about $7 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
4.42 %
A bank account in Rwanda currently gains about 4.4 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
10.33 %
Inflation rate
5.91 %
At 5.9 % a year, prices double in about 12 years if it holds.
Median salary
$97 PPP/mo
the lowest of 78
Price level
27 % of US prices
ranked 10th of 125
Where Rwanda sits, field by field
Each dot is Rwanda’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Minimum wage$7 PPP/mo85 of 85
- Average monthly salary$193 PPP/mo92 of 92
- Median salary$97 PPP/mo78 of 78
- GDP per capita$1,124123 of 127
- GDP growth9.38 %6 of 127
- Price level27 % of US prices10 of 125
- Debt per person$72611 of 123
- Unemployment rate11.36 %110 of 124
- Savings vs inflation4.42 %10 of 69
- Deposit rate10.33 %11 of 70
- Lending rate16.02 %53 of 67
- Money's value18.60 %89 of 116
- Inflation rate5.91 %94 of 123
- Public holidays13 days35 of 104
- Government debt64.60 %76 of 124
- Bank spread5.69 %35 of 62
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Zambia
avg gap 14.3 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 11.36 % (Rwanda) vs 5.92 %
Kenya
avg gap 14.7 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 13 days (Rwanda) vs 10 days
Tanzania
avg gap 15.7 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 11.36 % (Rwanda) vs 1.57 %
Georgia
avg gap 15.9 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP/capita — $1,124 (Rwanda) vs $9,692
| Savings vs inflation | 4.42 % | ranked 10th of 69 | |
| Deposit rate | 10.33 % | ranked 11th of 70 | |
| Lending rate | 16.02 % | ranked 53rd of 67 | |
| Money's value | 18.60 % | ranked 89th of 116 | |
| Inflation rate | 5.91 % | ranked 94th of 123 | |
| Public holidays | 13 days | ranked 35th of 104 | |
| Government debt | 64.60 % | ranked 76th of 124 | |
| Bank spread | 5.69 % | ranked 35th of 62 |
✓ 16 fields published for Rwanda, every one dated and sourced · 19 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Rwanda: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 16 figures
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2024
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 544 → 726 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 48.4289742567034 → 64.6 |