Rwanda's GDP growth figures at 5.4% for Q2, 2016
In the second quarter of 2016, Rwanda's Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices was estimated to be Rwf 1,549 billion, up from Rwf 1,428 billion in the same quarter of 2015.
The Services sector contributed 48 percent of GDP while the agriculture sector contributed 33 percent of the GDP. The industry sector contributed 13 percent of the GDP and 6 percent was attributed to adjustment for taxes and subsidies on products.
Rwanda's CPI up 6.4 pct year on year in August 2016
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation has risen6.4 percent year on year inAugust2016down from 6.9 percent in July 2016.
In August2016,‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’,‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’and Transport rose by12.0percent,3.0 percent and8.6 percentrespectively.
Rwanda’s Producer Price Index up 2.58 pct in Q2, 2016
Rwanda’s Produce Price Index (PPI), which measures wholesale inflation, for the second quarter 2016 registered an increase of 2.58 percent compared to the index of the second quarter of the year 2015, and a decrease of 0.29 percent compared to the index of the previous quarter (first quarter 2016).
Rwanda's CPI up 6.9 pct year on year in July 2016
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation has risen 6.9 percent year on year in July 2016 up from 5.5 percent in June 2016.
In July 2016,‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’, ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’and Transport rose by 13.8 percent, 2.7 percent and 8.7 percent respectively.
Rwanda's CPI up 5.5 pct year on year in June 2016
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation has risen 5.5 percent year on year in June 2016 up from 4.6 percent in May 2016.
In June 2016, ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’, ‘Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ and Transport rose by 9.4 percent, 2.9 percent and 7.0 percent respectively.
Rwanda’s total trade reached US$ 589.75 million in Q1, 2016
Rwanda’s total trade of US$ 589.75 million, higher by of 3.27 percent over the first quarter of 2015 was made up of Exports worth of US$ 91.79 million, imports of US$ 456.93 million and re-exports valued at US$ 41.03 million.
Rwanda's CPI up 4.6 pct year on year in May 2016
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation has risen 4.6 percent year on year in May 2016 down from 4.7 percent in April 2016.
Rwanda’s Producer Price Index down 1.07 in Q1, 2016
The general index for the first quarter 2016 registered a decrease of 1.29 percent compared to the index of the previous quarter (fourth quarter 2015) and a decrease of 1.07 percent compared to the index of the first quarter of the year 2015.
Rwanda's CPI up 4.7 pct year on year in April 2016
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation has risen4.7 percent year on year inApril2016up from 4.6 percent in March 2016.
Rwanda's CPI up 4.5 pct year on year in December 2015
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation has risen4.5 percent year on year inDecember 2015, down from 4.8 percent in November 2015.