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Eight EAC partner states

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Rwanda

EAC member since 2007 Kigali RWF

Reference rate 1 USD = 1,477 RWF 14 Oct 2026 · ExchangeRate-API, daily interbank reference rates
  • GDP $16.4 bn 2025 8.3 %
  • GDP growth 9.4 % 2025
  • Population 14.6 m 2025
  • GDP per capita $1,124 2025
  • Inflation 5.9 % 2025
  • Exports to the EAC 43.6 % 2025
Trade in goods

What Rwanda buys and sells

UN Comtrade, 2025, as reported

Exports · 2025 $2.22 bn -27.0 % vs 2024
Imports · 2025 $5.35 bn -16.2 % vs 2024
Trade balance · 2025 −$3.13 bn

Exports to EAC partners$968.16 m

Imports from EAC partners$1.34 bn

Top export destinations

  1. Dem. Rep. of the Congo EAC$877.2 m
  2. United Arab Emirates $571.9 m
  3. China $159.7 m
  4. Luxembourg $52.3 m
  5. USA $42.1 m
  6. United Kingdom $39.8 m
  7. Uganda EAC$39.1 m
  8. Belgium $35.6 m

Top import origins

  1. China $1.3 bn
  2. United Rep. of Tanzania EAC$588.4 m
  3. India $465.2 m
  4. Kenya EAC$401.9 m
  5. United Arab Emirates $347.0 m
  6. Uganda EAC$281.3 m
  7. Malaysia $146.3 m
  8. Japan $121.3 m

GDP growth, % per year

Consumer price inflation, % per year

Sellers

Sellers from Rwanda

All sellers
  • Locally made home and kitchen goods

    Food processing Not yet verified
Sources. Indicators from the World Bank World Development Indicators; trade from UN Comtrade; tenders from the World Bank procurement notices; exchange rate from the daily reference rates. Updated automatically. World Bank · UN Comtrade · World Bank procurement · Reference rate