Rwanda
Republic of Rwanda
- Region
- Africa · Eastern Africa
- Capital
- Kigali
- Population
- 14,569,341 (2025)
- Government
- presidential republic
- Currency
- Rwandan franc (RWF)
- Official languages
- English, French, Kinyarwanda
- Spoken languages
- Kinyarwanda (official, universal Bantu vernacular) 93.2%, French (official) <0.1%, English (official) <0.1%, Swahili/Kiswahili (official, used in commercial centers) <0.1%
- Written scripts
- Latin
- Area
- 26,338 km²
- Coastline
- Landlocked
- UN member
- Yes
- Affiliations
- African Union, COMESA, EAC, IMF, WCO, WTO
- Borders
- Burundi , DR Congo , Tanzania , Uganda
Political stability
65 / 100
Economic stability
47 / 100
Population stability
56 / 100
0–100, higher is more stable. Political: World Bank governance score. Economic: government effectiveness, regulatory quality, and inflation proximity to 2% (World Bank). Population: stability of growth and net migration rates (World Bank).
Trade profile
- Key exports
- gold, rare earth ores, coffee, tea, tin ores (2023)
- Key imports
- broadcasting equipment, fish, corn, packaged medicine, plastic products (2023)
- Natural resources
- gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, arable land
- Primary route
- Indian Ocean gateways (Mombasa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti) to Asia and the Gulf
- Secondary route
- Suez corridor to Europe
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Trade research
- WTO trade profile — tariffs, trade in goods and services, top partners
- World Bank country data — GDP, trade share of GDP, logistics indicators
- OEC trade profile — export/import composition and partners, visualized
- ITC Trade Map — detailed trade statistics by product (ITC/UN Comtrade)
- CIA World Factbook — geography, economy, transportation infrastructure
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Sources: mledoze/countries (ODbL), CIA World Factbook (public domain), World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), flag-icons (MIT). Stability scores are xin.bz composites of the cited World Bank indicators; routes and commodity notes are xin.bz assessments. Informational only — verify with official sources.