Rwanda: Youth Labour Markets and the School-to-Work Transition – ILO Youth Country Brief

Since the beginning of the new millennium, Rwanda has had an impressive growth performance with economic growth far outstripping population growth. Between 2000 and 2020 (projected),2 Rwanda reported an average real growth rate (local currency) of 7.0 per cent, compared to an annual population growth rate of 2.5 per cent. The country maintained this average growth record in both decades of the new millennium. This is strong growth especially when compared with sub Saharan Africa (SSA) as a whole or indeed global growth rates (figure 1), despite the current economic slow down visible in the figure.