Rwanda One UN Joint Program on Youth 2019-2023

Rwanda has achieved remarkable social development progress over the last two decades and was one of the few countries in Africa that achieved almost all the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Major gains have been made in access to education, gender parity in primary and prevalence, malaria incidence, youth civic participation and the use of water and sanitation. Rwanda’s large and growing youth population present both a challenge and an opportunity to policymakers. If Rwanda’s economy is able to productively absorb this population, the country could reap the benefits of a demographic dividend.