Rwanda
- Official Name:
- Republic of Rwanda (Rwanda)
- Area:
- 26.338 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 9.907.509 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 0 km. None
- Capital:
- Kigali
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Cyangugu, Gisenyi, Kibuye
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: None
- Exclusive economic zone: None
- Continental shelf: None
- Political divisions:
- 5 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - prefigintara for singular and plural); East, Kigali, North, South, West
- Language(s):
- Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 1 July (1962)
- Nationality:
- Rwandan(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 2.
- Member of:
- ACCT, ACP, AfDB, AU, CEPGL, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .rw
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Rwandan franc (RWF) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD1.600 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 1.968.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 5,8% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture:39,4%
- Industry: 23,3%
- Services: 37,3%
- Labor force:
- 4.600.000 (2000 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture 90%
- Industry and services: 10%
- Unemployment rate:
- ND
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 6,7% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 19,8% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD560.900.000
- Expenditures: USD654.000.000
- Public debt:
- ND
- Current account balance:
- USD -104.100.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 135.400.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Coffee, tea, hides, tin ore
- Exports - Partners:
- Germany 11%, China 6,5%, Belgium 4,5% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 390.400.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Foodstuffs, machinery and equipment, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material
- Imports - partners:
- Kenya 18,9%, Uganda 6,6%, Belgium 5,8%, Germany 5,6%, Israel 4,3% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD422.800.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 1.400.000.000 (2004)
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