Datasource:
Foreign Private Capital Census
Period:
January, 2011 to December, 2011
Rwanda recorded an increase in foreign private investment inflows from $ 343.0 million declared in 2010 to $ 356.7 million declared in 2011, equivalent to 4.1 percent increment. In 2011, foreign private investment inflows were largely in form of other investments $ 187.9 million accounting 46.7 percent of total foreign private investment inflows.
Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) were $ 119.1 million accounting for 30.2 percent, and portfolio investment totaled $ 87.3 million; 22.1 percent. These flows were mainly driven by equity and non-equity liabilities from affiliates. Sectors which attracted highest flows were Finance and Insurance with 23.1 percent followed by ICT with 20.7 percent, Manufacturing with 19.5 percent and agriculture for 16.3 percent.
The findings of the census indicate that from $315.73 million in 2008, $ 446.28 million in 2009 and $ 590.5 million in 2010, total stock of foreign capital amounted to $ 832.3 million in 2011.
The big part of this investment came from European Union ($ 266.3 million; 32.0 percent), followed by EAC ($ 121.6 million; 14.0 percent) , COMESA Non EAC ($ 117.1 million; 14.1 percent), SADC (Non EAC) ($ 110.8 million; 13.0 percent), OECD -Non-EU ($ 76.8 million; 9.2 percent), International and regional organizations ($ 61.3 million; 7.4 percent) , Asia ($ 41.6 million; 5.0 percent) and others countries ($37.0 million; 4.2 percent).