Economy · Real GDP growth (annual) · Rwanda
Rwanda’s real GDP growth (annual) rose to 9.4% y/y in 2025.
9.4% y/y
2025
Up 2.1 pp from 2024.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
In plain words
9.4% y/y
What it is. This measure tracks how much the volume of goods and services produced in Rwanda grew over a year. It uses GDP at constant prices from World Bank national accounts, so rising prices do not inflate the figure. It leaves out how income is shared and the value of unpaid household work. Quarterly national releases are a separate indicator.
Higher is better. Faster growth means more output to support jobs, incomes and public spending, and a negative figure means the economy shrank. The latest figure for 2025 is 9.4% y/y, up from 7.2% y/y in 2024, a rise of 2.1 percentage points. Since 2016 the range runs from a low of −2.8% y/y in 2020 to a high of 9.8% y/y in 2022. The 2025 reading sits just below the top of that range.
Why it matters. At 9.4% y/y, Rwanda's economy is adding output quickly, which gives firms growing demand and gives the state more tax revenue to fund services. Households benefit most when that growth turns into jobs and higher pay. The 2022 high of 9.8% y/y is the figure to check the next annual release against.
| Period | Real GDP growth (annual) · Rwanda |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 5.7% y/y |
| 2017 | 4.7% y/y |
| 2018 | 8.1% y/y |
| 2019 | 9.3% y/y |
| 2020 | −2.8% y/y |
| 2021 | 8.4% y/y |
| 2022 | 9.8% y/y |
| 2023 | 8.6% y/y |
| 2024 | 7.2% y/y |
| 2025 | 9.4% y/y |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Real GDP growth (annual), Rwanda, 2025; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/economy/real-gdp-growth-annual/rwanda
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Annual growth of GDP at constant prices (World Bank national accounts). Quarterly national releases are a separate indicator.
Annual growth of GDP at constant prices (World Bank national accounts). Unit: % y/y. Quarterly national releases are a separate indicator.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.