International Rankings of Rwanda 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Rwanda, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Rwanda, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	170	8885	0
Internet users - percent of population	184	21.77 %	2018
Internet users - total	107	2.653 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	185	11393	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	170	77.53	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	89	9.659 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	146	2.337 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	145	1.943 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	70	4.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	27	69.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	28	76.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	23	93.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	64	75	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	148	9.136 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	153	18.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	15.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	52	75.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	54	32.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	65	22.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	50	0.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	17	30.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	128	17.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	132	51.5 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	10	43.2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	30	2.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	48	4.2 %	2017
Labor force	71	6.227 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	12	75.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	115	6.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	154	18 %	2012
Population below poverty line	42	38.2	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	141	28.118 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	178	2227 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	113	21.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	164	985600	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	165	527.300 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	90	4.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	56	42	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	27	51	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	34	7	2017
Electricity - imports	107	42.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	164	191000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	157	525.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	59	56.630 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	133	6700	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	157	6628 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	150	1.11 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	137	2.92 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	26	40.75 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	14	74.5	2018
Land use - arable land	8	47	2018
Land use - forest	125	18	2018
Land use - other	164	7.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	29	10.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	87	17.4	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	19	3.75 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	127	13.300 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	129	102.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	138	20.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	143	61.400 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	38	3.07	2025
Urbanization - urban population	178	17.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	148	24668 sq km	0
Area - total	147	26338 sq km	0
Area - water	42	1.670 million sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	26	4519 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	2	950 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	12	1598 meters	0
Irrigated land	130	96 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	120	930 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	14	74.5	2018
Land use - arable land	8	47	2018
Land use - forest	125	18	2018
Land use - other	164	7.5	2018
Land use - permanent crops	29	10.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	87	17.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	126	13.300 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	27	20.1 %	3853
Age structure - 25-54 years	173	33.06 %	1132
Age structure - 55-64 years	178	4.24 %	8163
Birth rate	37	27.18 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	67	53.2 %	1415
Current Health Expenditure	36	7.5 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	140	5.95 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	118	5.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	28	18.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	36	74.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	35	68.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	50	92 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	39	23.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	30	20.5 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	18	8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	47	3.1 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	17	2.5	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	27	2500	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	24	220000	2020
Hospital bed density	69	N/A beds/1,000 population	2021
Infant mortality rate - female	60	24.52 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	65	29.73 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	61	27.16 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	170	67.47 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	174	63.55 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	171	65.48 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	39	248	2017
Median age - female	141	20.4 years	2020
Median age - male	135	18.9 years	0
Median age - total	133	19.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	54	22.7	1415
Net migration rate	144	3.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	129	5.8 %	2016
Physicians density	145	0.13 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	74	12.943 million	2021
Population growth rate	50	1.8 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	58	88.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	71	20.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	55	19.1 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	49	11.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2019
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	34	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	41	0.81	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.67 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	21	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	37	3.42 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	60	22.4	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	54	18.8	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	55	20.5	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	38	3.07	2025
Urbanization - urban population	178	17.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	115	7	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	74	4	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	34	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	93	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	66	1	2013
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	98	1.074 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	90	12	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	119	1207 km	2012
Roadways - total	118	4700 km	2012
Waterways	95	N/A km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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