Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Rwanda
Rwanda: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 0.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Rwanda, 2000–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 0.9% for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 15.2% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Rwanda peaked at 3.5% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2023.
That places Rwanda 40th out of 148 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.2% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
More poverty & inequality data for Rwanda
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.7 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,784 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 14.0% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.394 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1462 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1462 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1683 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 14.2% (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4433 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Rwanda?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Rwanda was 0.9% in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 3.5% in 2008.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2023.
- How does Rwanda rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Rwanda ranks 40th out of 148 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI)