Rwanda's poverty rate falls sharply to 27.4 pct: survey


KIGALI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's national poverty rate dropped significantly from 39.8 percent in 2017 to 27.4 percent in 2024, marking a 12.4 percentage point decline over seven years, a survey shows.

The findings are based on the seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey, released Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) in the national capital of Kigali. The survey was conducted between October 2023 and October 2024.

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