• Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Saturday, July 12, 2025
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
Rwanda Dispatch News Agency
Magazine
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • National
  • Economy
  • Social
  • Opinions
  • Sport
  • E-dition
  • Entertainment
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • National
  • Economy
  • Social
  • Opinions
  • Sport
  • E-dition
  • Entertainment
No Result
View All Result
Rwanda Dispatch News Agency
No Result
View All Result
Home Social

Rwanda’s poverty levels slightly fall

by Admin
6 December 2018
in Social
0
Rwanda’s poverty levels slightly fall

????????????????????????????????????

Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsapp
PDF Button

The number of Rwandans living in poverty has fallen to 38.2% from 39.1% in 2013/14 according to the latest Integrated Household Living Condition Survey (EICV5) released today by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).

The report shows that during the same period, extreme poverty declined slightly from 16.3% to 16% while inequality reduced as well with the Gini coefficient dropping from 0.447 in 2013/14 to 0.429 in 2016/17.

A statement released by NISR blame slowed poverty reduction to challenging times during the period the survey was conducted from October 2016 to October 2017. The drought of 2016 in season B led to low agricultural yields which resulted in shortages of food supply and high increase in food prices in 2017.

The low agricultural output also impacted negatively on the GDP growth which led to the economy underperforming during the fiscal year 2016-2017. The GDP growth at this time was at its minimum for the last ten years.

However, the report shows that living conditions for Rwandans have improved significantly with access to electricity from 22%-34%, metal roofs from 61% to 67%, Radio ownership from 60% to 74% among others.

The government sanctioned report presents and discusses key results from EICV5 in the areas of demographic characteristics, migration, health, education, characteristics of households & dwelling in the country, economic activity patterns, environmental issues and household’s access to credits and savings.

 

Related Posts:

  • The Rich Can Fight Inequality, Too
    The Rich Can Fight Inequality, Too
  • Journalists Complete Training to Boost Accuracy in Statistical Reporting 
    Journalists Complete Training to Boost Accuracy in…
  • Water-saving irrigation boosts land productivity in Rwanda
    Water-saving irrigation boosts land productivity in Rwanda
  • Réseau des Femmes Interventions Reduce Unpaid Care Work on Rwandese Women
    Réseau des Femmes Interventions Reduce Unpaid Care Work on…
  • More than 1.5M Rwandans Lifted Out of Poverty in Seven Years, New Survey Finds
    More than 1.5M Rwandans Lifted Out of Poverty in Seven…
  • Geothermal schemes boost powers Rwanda's carbon reduction drive
    Geothermal schemes boost powers Rwanda's carbon reduction…
Tags: poverty
Admin

Admin

Next Post
Court acquits former presidential hopeful Rwigara

Court acquits former presidential hopeful Rwigara

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

No Result
View All Result

Mount Meru Gas

e-Dispatch

e-Dispatch

Click here to download this magazine

Organic Beer

archives

July 2025
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Jun    

Dispatch Agency Ltd is a local media institution based in Kigali with various media related products premiered with The Dispatch News Magazine.

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

© 2023 Rwanda Dispatch .

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Politics
  • National
  • Economy
  • Social
  • Opinions
  • Sport
  • E-dition
  • Entertainment

© 2023 Rwanda Dispatch .

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In