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Population as of 2020: 12.9 million 75 of 193
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Region: Central Africa
Nominal G.D.P. in 2024: $14.3 billion 143 of 193
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Total merchandise exports in 2024: $3.04 billion. 110 of 193
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These are calendar-year 2024 goods exports reported by Rwanda, excluding services. All amounts are nominal 2024 U.S. dollars, valued free on board (FOB), with no inflation adjustment.
These formal general-trade figures include domestic exports, free-zone and customs-bonded-warehouse trade, and recorded re-exports. Unrecorded informal border trade is not included.
Top Exports
Top 20 export categories, 2024
Ranked by export value.
| Rank | Item | Dollar amount | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold, unwrought, semi-manufactured or in powder form | $1.51 billion | Precious metals, gemstones, jewellery and coins |
| 2 | Petroleum oils other than crude, related preparations and waste oils | $182.07 million | Mineral fuels and oils |
| 3 | Tea | $112.64 million | Coffee, tea and spices |
| 4 | Niobium, tantalum, vanadium or zirconium ores and concentrates | $99.09 million | Ores, slag and ash |
| 5 | Coffee, coffee husks and skins, and coffee-containing substitutes | $94.09 million | Coffee, tea and spices |
| 6 | Tin ores and concentrates | $71.44 million | Ores, slag and ash |
| 7 | Palm oil and its fractions | $70.58 million | Animal, vegetable and microbial fats and oils |
| 8 | Rice | $55.40 million | Cereals |
| 9 | Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form | $50.59 million | Sugar and sugar confectionery |
| 10 | Frozen fish, excluding fillets and other fish meat | $44.61 million | Fish, shellfish and other aquatic invertebrates |
| 11 | Cement, including cement clinker | $43.65 million | Salt, sulphur, stone, lime and cement |
| 12 | Wheat or meslin flour | $36.61 million | Milling products, malt, starches and wheat gluten |
| 13 | Tungsten ores and concentrates | $35.75 million | Ores, slag and ash |
| 14 | Unwrought tin | $24.92 million | Tin and tin articles |
| 15 | Other forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded iron or non-alloy steel bars and rods | $23.63 million | Iron and steel |
| 16 | Cereal flours; other than of wheat or meslin | $21.64 million | Milling products, malt, starches and wheat gluten |
| 17 | Ethyl alcohol, undenatured; of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength | $20.47 million | Beverages, spirits and vinegar |
| 18 | Textiles; worn clothing and other worn articles | $15.54 million | Other made-up textiles, used clothing and rags |
| 19 | Other ores and concentrates | $12.75 million | Ores, slag and ash |
| 20 | Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared | $12.43 million | Animal, vegetable and microbial fats and oils |
Top 10 importers of Rwanda's exports, 2024
Ranked by Rwanda's reported merchandise exports to each named destination economy. Separately reported territories may appear. These are recorded export destinations; goods may subsequently be re-exported.
| Rank | Country | Dollar amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | $1.57 billion |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $889.64 million |
| 3 | China | $84.46 million |
| 4 | Luxembourg | $55.43 million |
| 5 | United Kingdom | $36.90 million |
| 6 | United States (including Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands) | $27.22 million |
| 7 | Pakistan | $25.38 million |
| 8 | Hong Kong SAR (China) | $24.66 million |
| 9 | Netherlands | $20.40 million |
| 10 | India | $19.22 million |
