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.