Food security improves in Rwanda, despite challenges
Most parts of Rwanda are witnessing improved food security, according to the third Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrion Survey (CFSVA) that highlights challenges related to population growth, widespread poverty and high levels of chronic malnutrion.
Industrial producer prices down in Rwanda
Prices of industrial products went down 0.01 percent in December 2012 compared to the prevailing prices in November of the same year, according to a latest report published by the Economic Department at the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).
Rwanda's inflation rate increased slightly on food in January 2013
In January 2013 the Consumer Price Index (CPI) which is described to be the main gauge of inflation in Rwanda,increased by 5.67% compared to 3.88% in the previous month.
First ever SMS-based application in statistical data collection, dissemination
Women account for majority of Rwandan Population
Rwandan population is composed of mostly women, according to the provisional results of the recently conducted General Population and Housing Census.
Rwanda’s Mobile phone penetration rised over past five years
With the recent development of communication facilities, the large majority of Rwandan population has continuously adopted the use of mobile phone as one of the technology platform to share information. Within this move, the mobile phone penetration has impressively increased from 2005 to 2010 across the whole country.
Tremendous growth in savings culture in Rwanda
New findings show that the more the national economy grows every year, the more Rwandans get used to saving facilities.
Employment rate, higher for women than men in Rwanda
Rwanda has always recorded a higher female employment rate over past ten years than in men category. Even though the difference is not so big, women are still having a bigger employment rate since 2000.
The index for the third quarter 2012 registered an increase of 1.21 percent compared to the index of the second quarter of 2012.
The index for the third quarter 2012 registered an increase of 1.21 percent compared to the index of the second quarter of 2012.
Urban Price index increases by 5.36% in October 2012
In October 2012 the All Urban general index is established at 118.4 this stands for an increase of 0.33% over the previous month which was 118.0.