Real GDP growth in Rwanda

Real GDP in Rwanda changed by 9.4% in 2025.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2025 9.4% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +2.1percentage points 2024: 7.2%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 6th of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in Rwanda over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period RwandaWorld
2025 9.4% 2.9%
2024 7.2% 2.9%
2023 8.6% 2.9%
2022 9.8% 3.4%
2021 8.4% 6.5%
2020 -2.8% -2.9%
2019 9.3% 2.7%
2018 8.1% 3.3%
2017 4.7% 3.4%
2016 5.7% 2.8%
2015 8.9% 3.1%
2014 5.7% 3.2%
2013 4.7% 2.9%
2012 8.6% 2.7%
2011 8.0% 3.3%
2010 7.3% 4.5%
2009 6.2% -1.3%
2008 11.2% 2.1%
2007 7.6% 4.4%
2006 9.2% 4.5%
2005 9.4% 4.1%
2004 7.4% 4.5%
2003 2.2% 3.1%
2002 13.2% 2.3%
2001 8.5% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 7.2% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 8.9%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, Rwanda has the 6th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Rwanda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices