Rwanda's inflation grew 0.9 pct in August 2014
Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 0.9 percent year on year in August 2014, the same pace as a month earlier. Food prices, which account for more than one fourth of the weighting in the CPI calculation weights in urban areas, decline 0.3 percent year on year in August, down from +2.5 percent in July.
Rwanda's PPI down1.93 pct in Q2, 2014
Rwanda's general Producer Price Index (PPI), a key inflation indicator, registered a decrease of 1.93 percent compared to the index of the previous quarter (first quarter 2014) and a decrease of 0.19 percent compared to the index of the second quarter of the year 2013.
Rwanda's CPI increases 1.9 pct in July 2014
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation has risen 1.9 percent year on year in July 2014, up from 1.4 percent in June 2014.
Rwanda's CPI up 1.4 pct year on year in June 2014
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, increased 1.4 percent year on year in June 2014, down from 1.9 percent in May 2014.
NISR presents Northern province’s population characteristics
The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) on Tuesday, 8th July 2014 presented to officials from the Northern Province, the population characteristics as revealed by the Fourth Population and Housing Census (2012 RPHC) during a workshop that took place in Musanze district.
Quarterly Gross Domestic Product reported
The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, NISR, leased a 2014 GDP first quarter this Tuesday 23rd during a press conference in Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning.
Rwanda's CPI up 1.9 pct year on year in May 2014
Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, has risen 1.9 percent year on year in May 2014, down from 2.72 percent in April 2014.
Rwanda's consumer prices up 1.9 pct year on year in May 2014
Rwanda's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, has risen 1.9 percent year on year in May 2014, down from 2.72 percent in April 2014.
The average age of first marriage increased in Rwanda in last three decades
Since the 1978 there has been a trend towards later first marriage for both men and women. The fourth Population and Housing Census conducted in Rwanda in August 2012 (2012RPHC) realized that the average age of first marriage for women climbed from 22.9 years in 1991 to 25 years in 2012, while for men it was 27.4 years in 2012 from 26.8 years both in 1991 and 2002.
Rwanda’s literacy rate rises
The fourth Population and Housing Census in Rwanda conducted in August 2012 (2012 RPHC) shows that 68% of Rwandan population aged 15 years and above were literate while they were 64.4% in 2002. A person is qualified as literate if he/she is able to read, write and understand at least one language. In 2012, males were more literate (72%) than females (65%).