Unemployment Rate in Rwanda decreased to 17 percent in the first quarter of 2021 from 20.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020. source: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

Unemployment Rate in Rwanda averaged 13.71 percent from 2001 until 2021, reaching an all time high of 22.10 percent in the second quarter of 2020 and a record low of 1 percent in the fourth quarter of 2001. This page provides - Rwanda Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Rwanda Unemployment Rate - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on September of 2021.

Unemployment Rate in Rwanda is expected to be 16.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Rwanda Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 14.00 percent in 2022 and 12.00 percent in 2023, according to our econometric models.

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Rwanda Unemployment Rate

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
17.00 20.30 22.10 1.00 2001 - 2021 percent Quarterly

Rwanda Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Unemployment Rate 17.00 20.30 22.10 1.00 percent [+]
Population 12.66 12.37 12.66 2.94 Million [+]
Unemployed Persons 655.60 869.30 905.20 536.71 Thousand [+]
Youth Unemployment Rate 21.70 24.60 27.20 17.30 percent [+]
Labor Force Participation Rate 50.60 56.60 58.20 50.60 percent [+]
Employed Persons 3204.90 3407.80 3667.61 3152.83 Thousand [+]
Employment Rate 42.00 45.10 48.90 42.00 percent [+]


Rwanda Unemployment Rate
In Rwanda, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.