Exports as a share of GDP fell 1.26% to 0.191% in Rwanda in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, exports as a share of GDP in Rwanda reached an all time high of 0.218% in 2019 and an all time low of 0.052% in 1995. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, exports as a share of GDP in Burundi amounted to 0.050%, 0.143% in Tanzania, 0.158% in Uganda and 0.404% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2021.
Rwanda has been ranked 127th within the group of 152 countries we follow in terms of exports as a share of GDP, 37 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Exports (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | % | 0.298% | 0.281% | 0.290% | 0.408% | 0.408% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 0.064% | 0.064% | 0.060% | 0.057% | 0.052% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 0.171% | 0.148% | 0.173% | 0.159% | 0.158% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 0.427% | 0.450% | 0.581% | 0.710% | 0.738% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 0.277% | 0.240% | 0.353% | 0.326% | 0.259% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 0.151% | 0.132% | 0.127% | 0.125% | 0.114% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 0.311% | 0.335% | 0.386% | 0.449% | 0.323% | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 0.132% | 0.154% | 0.205% | 0.211% | 0.218% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.367% | 0.549% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||
| Tanzania | % | 0.171% | 0.163% | 0.151% | 0.147% | 0.160% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 0.129% | 0.124% | 0.167% | 0.151% | 0.171% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 0.371% | 0.353% | 0.350% | 0.380% | 0.346% |
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