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GDP growth in Rwanda

Is that economy growing or stalling?

Rwanda's gdp growth is 9.38 % — #6 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

9.38%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in Rwanda over time

13.19 %5.21 %-2.78 %13.19 % · 2002-2.78 % · 20202000: 8.37 %2001: 8.48 %2002: 13.19 %2003: 2.20 %2004: 7.45 %2005: 9.38 %2006: 9.23 %2007: 7.63 %2008: 11.16 %2009: 6.25 %2010: 7.33 %2011: 7.96 %2012: 8.64 %2013: 4.72 %2014: 5.67 %2015: 8.87 %2016: 5.66 %2017: 4.70 %2018: 8.07 %2019: 9.29 %2020: -2.78 %2021: 8.41 %2022: 9.82 %2023: 8.56 %2024: 7.23 %2025: 9.38 %2000201220259.38 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#6 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
95 %
121 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 2.15 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.82 pp
peak 13.19 % in 2002
Full series
▲ 1.00 pp
since 2000

In Africa: #3 of 21vs median 2.90 %: +6.47 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %Rwanda: ahead of 95 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthRwanda 9.38 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. Rwanda is ahead of 95 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs Rwanda
4 Kyrgyzstan11.10 %+1.72 pp
5 Ethiopia9.77 %+0.40 pp
6 Rwanda9.38 %—
7 Monaco8.51 %−0.87 pp
8 Tajikistan8.40 %−0.98 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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