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IndicatorRWARwandaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.19rank #139
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile60.5rank #53
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.18rank #112
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.17rank #119
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.17rank #129
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile58.1rank #75
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.19rank #139
Military spending% GDP1.2%rank #95
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #117
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile65.1rank #107
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile59.1rank #71
Rule of Law0-100 percentile58.7rank #94
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.38rank #99
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.19rank #120
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.09rank #134
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile46.5rank #130
Women in parliament% seats63.8%rank #1
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.63rank #106
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment35.1%rank #45
Agriculture value added% GDP20.3%rank #29
Annual working hours per workerhours1,584.3rank #113
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker9,352.9rank #167
Current account balance% GDP-12%rank #148
Employment-to-population ratio%56.5%rank #98
External debt stocks% GNI93.9%rank #102
FDI net inflows% GDP3.8%rank #65
GDPcurrent US$16.37Brank #137
GDP growth%9.4%rank #6
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$1,123.7rank #172
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $3,558.7rank #162
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $2,970.6rank #168
Government expenditure% GDP18%rank #69
Gross capital formation% GDP34.1%rank #10
Gross savings% GDP22.8%rank #70
High-technology exports% manuf. exports4.8%rank #92
Human capital indexindex1.9rank #118
Industry value added% GDP22%rank #100
Inflation%5.9%rank #135
Labour force participation rate%63.9%rank #73
Personal remittances received% GDP3.4%rank #62
R&D expenditure% GDP0.78%rank #45
Researchers in R&Dper million133.1rank #69
Tax revenue% GDP13.1%rank #84
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.31rank #110
Trade openness% GDP56.7%rank #96
Unemployment% labor force11.4%rank #153
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%11.5%rank #153
Vulnerable employment% employment39.4%rank #119
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2416.4%rank #116
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2416.7%rank #119
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop61.4%rank #163
Basic sanitation access% pop81.3%rank #120
Child mortalityper 1003.8rank #113
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,404.9rank #153
DTP3 immunization coverage%98%rank #2
Health spending% GDP5.1%rank #122
Infant mortalityper 1k births29.4rank #106
Life expectancyyears68rank #167
Maternal mortalityper 100k229rank #85
Measles immunization% children97%rank #3
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%97%rank #3
Physiciansper 1k0.09rank #114
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m336rank #171
Road traffic deathsper 100k29.4rank #116
Smoking prevalence% adults10.1%rank #24
Suicide mortality rateper 100k8.7rank #111
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k62rank #80
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births37.7rank #151
Undernourishment% pop24.4%rank #69
Education
Adult literacy%78.8%rank #32
Education spending% GDP4.6%rank #17
Expected years of schoolingyears12.6rank #126
Mean years of schoolingyears4.9rank #168
Primary completion rate% relevant age66.8%rank #104
Primary enrollment% gross149.6%rank #2
Secondary enrollment% gross48.8%rank #104
Tertiary enrollment% gross9.4%rank #90
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00028.1rank #39
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.6rank #38
Median age of populationyears19.4rank #181
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.65rank #128
Populationpeople14.57Mrank #76
Population growth%2.2%rank #40
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years72.8rank #163
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands22,707.9rank #72
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age71.1rank #43
Urban population%30.9%rank #184
Climate
CO₂ emissionst2.03Mrank #156
CO₂ per capitat0.14rank #194
Electricity access% pop72%rank #44
Electricity from coal% generation15%rank #35
Electricity from hydro% generation46%rank #46
Electricity from solar% generation3.5%rank #90
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita76.7rank #145
Forest area% land11.3%rank #158
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita-0.18rank #4
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh354rank #77
Renewable electricity%49.6%rank #61
Renewable energy share%79.9%rank #8
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e-2.5rank #4
Society
Asylum seekerspeople20,214rank #132
Extreme poverty% pop38.6%rank #35
Female labor participation%57.3%rank #63
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.6rank #134
Gender Development Indexratio0.92rank #80
Gender Inequality Index0-10.39rank #89
Gini indexindex39.4rank #34
Homicide rateper 100k3.6rank #77
Human Development Index0-10.58rank #126
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.4rank #113
Internet users% pop31.7%rank #161
Life satisfaction0-103.3rank #136
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.57rank #95
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.02rank #147
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.13rank #117
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.47rank #154
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.83rank #178
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people115,794rank #49
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people244,415rank #160
Youth NEET rate%26.2%rank #140
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year6rank #4
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths1rank #2
Hazard & exposure0-104.7rank #41
Human hazard & exposure0-106.2rank #50
INFORM risk score0-105.1rank #40
Lack of coping capacity0-104.9rank #40
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-105.4rank #48
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104.3rank #22
Natural hazard & exposure0-102.8rank #15
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year6rank #7
Socio-economic vulnerability0-106.3rank #60
Vulnerability0-105.7rank #46
Vulnerable groups0-105rank #45
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