Work & Labour in Rwanda

466 indicators covering work & labour for Rwanda.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment rate of men vs. women 10.1% 2025 down 9.6% 32nd
Female unemployment rate 12.8% 2025 up 1.8% 33rd
Share of male vs. female employment in industry 25.3% 2025 up 32.9% 97th
Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 28.2% 2025 down 37.7% 67th
Share of male vs. female employment in services 46.5% 2025 up 30.2% 122nd
Employment rate, men vs. women 63.5% 2025 up 6.0% 111th
Employment rate 56.4% 2025 up 5.6% 106th
Youth unemployment rate 16.4% 2025 down 1.2% 70th
Population by labor force status 5.39 million people 2025 up 12.6% 68th
Employee compensation as share of government spending 14.3% 2023 down 35.4% 124th
CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 39.04 2025 down 11.5% 48th
LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 2,224 2025 up 4.6% 17th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 63.18 Persons 2022 up 121.9% 104th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 76.18 Persons 2022 up 131.6% 109th
Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.7% 2020 down 27.2% 97th
Female labor force by age 71,173 people 2024 up 63.3% 80th
Labor force participation rate by age 48.7% 2024 up 8.9% 53rd
Female labor force participation rate by age 45.4% 2024 up 6.5% 50th
Jobs gap 1,159 2025 up 709.9% 19th
Jobs gap rate 15.3 2025 up 512.0% 14th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 795.31 2025 up 917.3% 17th
Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 10.5 2025 up 650.0% 11th
Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 16.6% 2024 up 0.0% 69th
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0325 units per square kilometre 2023 up 37.2% 6th
Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0242 units per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% 7th
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 5.99 units per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% 23rd
Employment by status 59.1% 2024 up 5.7% 112th
Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 59.1% 2024 up 5.7% 112th
Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.1054 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 73rd
Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.1054 units per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 72nd
Employment 6,417 2025 up 17.0% 59th
Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 28.96 % change on previous year 2025 up 2,948.8% 4th
Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 28.96 % change on previous year 2025 up 2,948.8% 4th
Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 28.96 % change on previous year 2025 up 2,948.8% 4th
Cases of fatal occupational injury 406 2000 up 2,288.2% 20th
Annual growth of GDP per employed person 4.0% 2025 down 32.2% 23rd
Unemployment with basic education 10.7% 2024 up 1,094.3% 36th
Unemployment with basic education, male 8.9% 2024 up 1,348.7% 41st
Unemployment with intermediate education 17.7% 2024 up 69.8% 9th
Unemployment with basic education, female 12.8% 2024 up 984.8% 30th
Unemployment with advanced education 11.4% 2024 down 2.0% 14th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 20.0% 2024 up 60.6% 10th
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 1.28 2024 down 26.9% 114th
Level of national compliance with labor rights 1.28 score 2024 down 26.9% 115th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 15.3% 2025 up 196.3% 61st
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 15.5% 2024 up 79.7% 7th
Labor force with basic education, female 58.6% 2024 down 20.7% 19th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 17.8% 2025 up 197.5% 63rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 12.7% 2025 up 196.0% 59th
Labor force with basic education, male 71.2% 2024 down 6.9% 36th
Labor force with basic education 64.7% 2024 down 14.0% 20th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 54.0% 2024 down 26.9% 69th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 64.1% 2024 down 20.0% 109th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 58.8% 2024 down 23.8% 95th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 9.5% 2024 down 12.3% 12th
Labor force with advanced education, male 79.8% 2024 down 15.7% 82nd
Labor force with advanced education 76.5% 2024 down 17.9% 78th
Labor force with advanced education, female 72.3% 2024 down 20.0% 78th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 69.6% 2025 down 15.9% 13th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 76.1% 2025 down 7.7% 33rd