The Government of Rwanda continues to promote private sector development, aiming at fostering both local and foreign investment by undertaking reforms with the objective of making the country a favorable place for investment.

The Foreign Private Capital Census (FPC) 2016 is the seventh in a series of annual censuses conducted by the National Bank of Rwanda in collaboration with National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and Private Sector Federation (PSF). The main objective of the census is to collect information required for the compilation of Rwanda balance of payments, international investment position statements and determines the magnitude and trends of FPC in Rwanda. The FPC 2016 census provides actual flows and stock of foreign private capital statistics in Rwanda for the year 2015.