Rwanda Poverty Rate

Rwanda poverty rate for 2016 was 93.20%, a 0.4% decline from 2013.
  • Rwanda poverty rate for 2013 was 93.60%, a 0.5% decline from 2010.
  • Rwanda poverty rate for 2010 was 94.10%, a 0.3% decline from 2005.
  • Rwanda poverty rate for 2005 was 94.40%, a 1.9% decline from 2000.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Rwanda Poverty Rate Datasets (CSV).