Rwanda Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

GDP: $16 billion (1984), $257 per capita;

real growth rate (1984 est.), 5.5%

Natural resources-gold, cassiterite, wolframite

Agriculture: cash crops—mainly coffee, tea, some pyrethrum; main food crops— bananas, cassava, stock raising, selfsufficiency declining, country imports foodstuffs

Major industries: mining of cassiterite (tin ore) and wolframite (tungsten ore), tin factory, cement factory, agricultural processing, and production of lieer, soft drinks, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes

Electric power: 42,000 k W capacity (1985); 110 million kWh produced (1985), 17 kWh per capita

Exports $147.9 million (f.o.b., 1984 est.); mainly coffee, tea, cassiterite, wolframite, pyrethrum

Imports- $204.9 million (c.i.f., 1984 est.); textiles, foodstuffs, machines, equipment, capital goods, steel, petroleum products, cement and construction material

Major trade partners: US, Belgium, FRG, Kenya

External debt: $225 million (1983), external debt ratio 4.5% (1983)

Budget: (1983 est.) revenues, $161.5 million; current expenditures, $164.3 million, development expenditures, $30.6 million

Monetary conversion rate. 100.96 Rwanda francs=US$I (August 1984)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Rwanda on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Rwanda 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Rwanda 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.