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Agriculture > products coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made from chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
Aid as % of GDP	17.9%		[13th of 129]
Definition: Economy > Aid as % of GDP
Source: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
Debt > External	$1,400,000,000.00		[10th of 136]
Definition: Economy > Debt > External
Source: calculated on the basis of data on ODA from OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), Development Assistance Committee. 2002. DAC Online. Database. Paris.; and data on GDP from World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Distribution of family income > Gini index	46.8		[8th of 43]
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economic freedom	1.35		[136th of 156]
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Economy > Overview Rwanda is a poor rural country with about 90% of the population engaged in (mainly subsistence) agriculture. It is the most densely populated country in Africa and is landlocked with few natural resources and minimal industry. Primary foreign exchange earners are coffee and tea. The 1994 genocide decimated Rwanda's fragile economic base, severely impoverished the population, particularly women, and eroded the country's ability to attract private and external investment. However, Rwanda has made substantial progress in stabilizing and rehabilitating its economy to pre-1994 levels, although poverty levels are higher now. GDP has rebounded and inflation has been curbed. Despite Rwanda's fertile ecosystem, food production often does not keep pace with population growth, requiring food imports. Rwanda continues to receive substantial aid money and obtained IMF-World Bank Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initiative debt relief in 2005-06. Rwanda also received Millennium Challenge Account Threshold status in 2006. The government has embraced an expansionary fiscal policy to reduce poverty by improving education, infrastructure, and foreign and domestic investment and pursuing market-oriented reforms, although energy shortages, instability in neighboring states, and lack of adequate transportation linkages to other countries continue to handicap growth.
Definition: Economy > Economy > Overview
Source: The Heritage Foundation
Exports	$184,000,000.00		[146th of 189]
Definition: Economy > Exports
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP	$2,493,538,000.00		[135th of 203]
Definition: Economy > GDP
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
GDP > PPP	$11,155,000,000.00		[121st of 163]
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP
Source: World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook
GDP > Real growth rate	6%		[76th of 198]
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate
Source: World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.
GINI index	46.79		[8th of 40]
Definition: Economy > GINI index
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Gross National Income	$1,888,830,000.00		[127th of 172]
Definition: Economy > Gross National Income
Source: World Development Indicators database
Human Development Index	0.45		[160th of 178]
Definition: Economy > Human Development Index
Income category	Low income
Definition: Economy > Income category
Source: Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme
Income distribution > Poorest 10%	4.2%		[8th of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Poorest 10%
Source:
Income distribution > Richest 10%	24.2%		[96th of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10%
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Population below poverty line	60%		[6th of 46]
Definition: Economy > Population below poverty line
Source: World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC
Population under $1 a day	35.7		[16th of 59]
Definition: Economy > Population under $1 a day
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Poverty > Share of all poor people	0.27 % of world's poor		[27th of 80]
Definition: Economy > Poverty > Share of all poor people
Source: World Bank 2002b via backone.pdf
Tourist arrivals	1,000		[153rd of 152]
Definition: Economy > Tourist arrivals
Source: Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling

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