Rwanda — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Rwanda, 1967–2025.
Inflation for Rwanda was 5.91% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 57 years, from 1967 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 31.09% in 1974. The lowest was -2.41% in 1999 (about -2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.45% per year.
Rwanda ranks 39 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 21%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 3.51%, so Rwanda sits above it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 81% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 134%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 16 of 46 economies; Mozambique (4.37%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 4620% in 2022. That is 14% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1967 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 29 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 64th of 87 in 1967 → 84th of 92 in 1970 → 91st of 106 in 1980 → 94th of 131 in 1990 → 74th of 163 in 2000 → 177th of 186 in 2010 → 18th of 178 in 2020 → 32nd of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1967 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.91% | +4.1 pp |
| 2024 | 1.77% | -18.0 pp |
| 2023 | 19.79% | +2.1 pp |
| 2022 | 17.69% | +18.1 pp |
| 2021 | -0.39% | -10.2 pp |
| 2020 | 9.85% | +6.5 pp |
| 2019 | 3.35% | +3.7 pp |
| 2018 | -0.31% | -8.6 pp |
| 2017 | 8.28% | +1.1 pp |
| 2016 | 7.17% | +4.6 pp |
| 2015 | 2.53% | +0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 2.35% | -3.6 pp |
| 2013 | 5.92% | -4.3 pp |
| 2012 | 10.27% | +7.2 pp |
| 2011 | 3.08% | +3.3 pp |
| 2010 | -0.25% | -13.2 pp |
| 2009 | 12.94% | -2.5 pp |
| 2008 | 15.44% | +6.4 pp |
| 2007 | 9.08% | +0.2 pp |
| 2006 | 8.88% | -0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 9.01% | -3.2 pp |
| 2004 | 12.25% | +4.8 pp |
| 2003 | 7.45% | +5.5 pp |
| 2002 | 1.99% | -1.4 pp |
| 2001 | 3.34% | -0.6 pp |
| 2000 | 3.9% | +6.3 pp |
| 1999 | -2.41% | -8.6 pp |
| 1998 | 6.21% | -5.8 pp |
| 1997 | 12.02% | +4.6 pp |
| 1996 | 7.41% | -4.9 pp |
| 1993 | 12.35% | +2.8 pp |
| 1992 | 9.56% | -10.1 pp |
| 1991 | 19.64% | +15.5 pp |
| 1990 | 4.19% | +3.2 pp |
| 1989 | 1.01% | -2.0 pp |
| 1988 | 2.98% | -1.2 pp |
| 1987 | 4.13% | +5.3 pp |
| 1986 | -1.12% | -2.9 pp |
| 1985 | 1.76% | -3.6 pp |
| 1984 | 5.37% | -1.2 pp |
| 1983 | 6.59% | -6.0 pp |
| 1982 | 12.57% | +6.1 pp |
| 1981 | 6.45% | -0.8 pp |
| 1980 | 7.25% | -8.4 pp |
| 1979 | 15.67% | +2.4 pp |
| 1978 | 13.27% | -0.4 pp |
| 1977 | 13.66% | +6.5 pp |
| 1976 | 7.17% | -23.1 pp |
| 1975 | 30.23% | -0.9 pp |
| 1974 | 31.09% | +21.7 pp |
| 1973 | 9.37% | +6.3 pp |
| 1972 | 3.09% | +2.6 pp |
| 1971 | 0.49% | -0.0 pp |
| 1970 | 0.51% | +0.0 pp |
| 1969 | 0.48% | -2.7 pp |
| 1968 | 3.16% | +1.7 pp |
| 1967 | 1.45% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Rwanda’s Inflation in 1968?
3.16% (1968). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Rwanda’s Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1967 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +307.0% in total — about 2.4% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 5.91%; 2024: 1.77%; 2023: 19.79%; 2022: 17.69%; 2021: -0.39%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.