Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Rwanda
Rwanda: Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) was 9.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Rwanda, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 9.0% for net investment in nonfinancial assets in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net investment in nonfinancial assets in Rwanda peaked at 11.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 1992.
Rwanda ranks 5th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6.3% | — |
| 1991 | 7.4% | +18.5% |
| 1992 | 5.2% | -29.8% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | +118.8% |
| 2015 | 11.4% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 9.3% | -18.1% |
| 2017 | 8.7% | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 9.1% | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 9.9% | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 11.6% | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 11.6% | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 9.9% | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 9.0% | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 9.0% | -0.1% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 9.0% is above the median for low income countries, which is 6.3%, 1.4× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 9.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.7%, 1.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) in Rwanda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +118.8% | 5.2% | 11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 5.2% | 7.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.0% | 8.7% | 11.4% | 6 |
| 2020s | 10.2% | 9.0% | 11.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 2 Burkina Faso 10.6% compare
- 3 Micronesia (country) 10.5% compare
- 4 Nauru 9.2% compare
- 6 Iraq 9.0% compare
- 7 Marshall Islands 8.8% compare
- 8 Togo 8.7% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is net investment in nonfinancial assets in Rwanda?
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets in Rwanda was 9.0% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 11.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest net investment in nonfinancial assets recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 1992.
- How does Rwanda rank for net investment in nonfinancial assets?
- Rwanda ranks 5th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net investment in nonfinancial assets rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net investment in government nonfinancial assets includes fixed assets, inventories, valuables, and nonproduced assets. Nonfinancial assets are stores of value and provide benefits either through their use in the production of goods and services or in the form of property income and holding gains. Net investment in nonfinancial assets also includes consumption of fixed capital. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.