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type: Region
title: Rwanda
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timestamp: 2025-01-09T08:39:28+00:00
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# Rwanda

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Main industries

Tourism, Agriculture, Fishing, Mining, and Energy Generation

![Group 427321247](/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Group-427321247.svg)

Main imports

Broadcasting Equipment, Packaged Medicaments, Iron Structures, Vaccines (blood, antisera, toxins & cultures), and Frozen Fish

![Group 427321248](/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Group-427321248.svg)

Main exports

Gold, Coffee, Tea, Niobium, Tantalum, Vanadium & Zirconium Ore, and Tin Ores

### GDP stats

$822,3

per capita (USD)

10,9%

Growth Annually

139

World ranking

Internet usage

24%

Smartphone usage

37%

Credit / Debit card usage

5%

Population transacting electronically

39%

![Group 427321245 1](/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Group-427321245-1.svg)

Total volume of digital payments projected to reach

$1,862,00M (USD)

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