Rwanda's inflation is 20.1 pct year on year in October 2022
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 20.1 percent year on year in October 2022 up from 17.6 percent in September 2022.
Rwanda's inflation is 13.7 pct year on year in June 2022
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 13.7 percent year on year in June 2022 up from 12.6 percent in May 2022.
Rwanda's inflation is 17.6 pct year on year in September 2022
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 17.6 percent on annual basis in September 2022 and increased by 2.1 percent on monthly basis (September 2022 to August 2022).
In September 2022, Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ increased by 33.2 percent, ‘Housing water, electricity, gas and other fuels’ increased by 7.9 percent, Transport increased by 14.5 percent and Restaurants and Hotels increased by 18.8 percent.
Unemployment in Rwanda has declined by 7 percentage points
After the hard time of the Covid-19 pandemic, people are putting much pression to the labour market to resume their lives that was much affected by the pandemic. Despite their efforts, Labour under utilizations remains higher. The new standards introduced an innovative framework that recognizes all productive activities, whether paid or unpaid, as work and serve to expand the range of statistics available on different working activities, paid and unpaid, carried out by women and men, including employment, volunteer work, own-use production work, etc.
Rwanda's inflation is 9.9 pct year on year in April 2022
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 9.9 percent year on year in April 2022 up from 7.5 percent in March 2022.
Rwanda's inflation is 7.5 pct year on year in March 2022
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 7.5 percent year on year in March 2022 up from 5.8 percent in February 2022.
Rwanda Labour market- Trends of main indicators, 2017-2021(Q4)
Note: UR: Unemployment rate; LFPR: Labour Force Participation rate; EPR: Employment to Population ratio.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its containment measures 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 5.8 pct year on year in February 2022
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 5.8 percent year on year in February 2022 up from 4.3 percent in January 2022.
Rwanda's inflation is 4.3 pct year on year in January 2022
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 4.3 percent year on year in January 2022 up from 1.9 percent in December 2021.
Rwanda's inflation is 1.9 pct year on year in December 2021
Rwanda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), main gauge of inflation increased by 1.9 percent year on year in December 2021 up from 1 percent in November 2021.