Rwanda's inflation is 0.6 pct year on year in October 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 0.6 percent year on year in October 2021 up from -0.9 percent in September 2021.
Trends of Labour market performance indicator in Rwanda(May 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic and containment responses have exposed existing Rwandan society and its economy to the change in all aspects. Despite the risk of mortality people are also wearied by losing employment or tending to under-utilization
Rwanda's inflation is negative 0.9 pct year on year in September 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation decreased by 0.9 percent year on year in September 2021 down from -0.6 percent in August 2021.
Rwanda's inflation is negative 0.6 pct year on year in August 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation decreased by 0.6 percent year on year in August 2021 down from -0.4 percent in July 2021.
Rwanda's inflation is negative 0.4 pct year on year in July 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation decreased by 0.4 percent year on year in July 2021 down from -0.2 percent June 2021.
Rwanda's inflation is negative 0.2 pct year on year in June 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation decreased by 0.2 percent year on year in June 2021 down from -0.1 percent May 2021.
Rwanda's inflation is negative 0.1 pct year on year in May 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation decreased by 0.1 percent year on year in May 2021 down from 2.4 percent in April 2021.
Rwanda's inflation is 2.4 pct year on year in April 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 2.4 percent year on year in April 2021 up from 2 percent in March 2021.
Rwanda's inflation is 2 pct year on year in March 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 2 percent year on year in March 2021 up from 1.6 percent in February 2021.
Covid 19 and its impact on Labour force in Rwanda
According to the Labour Force Survey results of November 2020(Q4), the unemployment rate in Rwanda was 20.3 percent compared to 16.0 percent in August 2020(Q2); indicating an increase of 4.3 percentage points A higher increase was observed among males (5.6 percentage points) as compared to females (2.7 percentage points). The comparison of unemployment rate of May 2020 and the one of November 2020, reveals that it decreased among both males and females with a higher decrease among females (2.6 percentage point) as compared to males (1.0 percentage points)