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Foreign Private Capital 2023 - Survey Report
The FPC 2023 survey covered 384 enterprises, of which 329 responded, representing a response rate of 85.7 percent. The findings showed that FPC inflows increased by 21.1 percent, up to USD 658.3 million in 2022 from USD 543.8 million in 2021 reflecting a continuous recovery of domestic economic activities and improvement in business environment.
Consumer Price Index - March 2024
Urban CPI increased by 4.2 percent on annual basis (March 2024 compared to March 2023) and it increased by 1.1 percent on monthly basis (March 2024 to February 2024). The annual average inflation rate between March 2024 and March 2023 was 10.2 percent.
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Rwanda's inflation is 4.2 percent year on year in March 2024
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 4.2 percent year on year in March 2024 down from 4.9 percent in February 2024.
In March 2024, ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ increased by 2.5 percent on annual basis and it increased by 0.6 percent on monthly basis. Transport increased by 14.8 percent on annual basis and it increased by 6.2 percent on monthly basis.
Rwanda's inflation is 4.9 percent year on year in February 2024
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 4.9 percent year on year in February 2024 down from 5 percent in January 2023.
In February 2024, ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ increased by 6.3 percent on annual basis and it increased by 3.7 percent on monthly basis. Transport increased by 8.1 percent on annual basis and it increased by 1.4 percent on monthly basis.
Figures
Life expectancy at birth
69,6
20227.91 %
13,246,394
20222.24 %
Gross Domestic Product
11,459.8
20238.24 %
Consumer Price Index
172.6
March 20244.23 %
Advance Release Calendar 2015
The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) has posted on its website an Advance Release Calendar (ARC) that will indicate when can the public expect for the release of new data series as well as statistical publications. This initiative of the NISR is one of the best practices on information dissemination of national statistical systems as encouraged by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS). Rwanda is one of the many countries subscribing to these international standards.
User Satisfaction Survey Report - 2012
From July to September 2012, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) conducted a user satisfaction survey to understand where from and how the users access official statistics, their purpose while searching for official statistics and at what extent the available statistics help them to achieve their objectives. At the same time, the users were requested to share their views and opinions in regard with the timeliness, the quality and the dissemination of official statistics.
Labour Statistics Metadata Handbook - 2014
The indicators in the Handbook are statistical and those required to describe and assess phenomena relevant to labour covering the population of persons, establishments and jobs or substantial subsets of them such as women, establishments in critical sectors and jobs in the formal sector. Other topic- or institution-specific indicators used for programme monitoring and evaluation or management of resources are not included, for example number of business development advisers with international certification.
Rwanda Metadata Handbook (EDPRS 2 and MDGs)
The EDPRS 2 and MDGs indicators metadata handbook is designed to provide comprehensive information on the definition, method of computation, comments and limitations and sources of the data for each indicator. The purpose of this handbook is to promote the use of consistent definition, method of computation and data sources for each indicator across the NSS. The need to use common dimensions to define an indicator is to ultimately improve the quality of produced official statistics therefore promoting comparability and transparency of statistical data.
National Quality Assurance Framework
The quality management in National Statistical Offices typically takes the form of a quality assurance framework. Several issues have historically underscored the need for national statistical offices to systematically adopt quality management measures sooner rather than later and translate them into a formalized quality assurance framework. In this direction, the purpose of this document is to formulate a framework for quality assurance of the National Statistical System (NSS) of Rwanda with special reference to National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).
Labour Statistics Framework of Rwanda - 2014
RPHC4: Brochure
Advance Release Calendar 2014
Second National Strategy for the Development of Statistics (2014 -2018)
NSDS2 has been developed through a highly participatory and consultative process involving the members of NSS, including private sector, national and sub-national institutions and development partners (public, non-public, national and international including civil society). This is the final document which articulates the strategies for the development of the National Statistical System (NSS) in Rwanda for the period 2014/15 – 2018/19. It has been approved by the Cabinet of Rwanda on 10 September 2014 and has been officially launched on 26 November 2014