Rwanda: ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2022, Rwanda's ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) fell 1.27 percentage points on 2021 (from 5.16% to 3.89%).

Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2021), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.61 percentage points in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.14 percentage points in 2010. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.34 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 58% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Rwanda in the 2022 ranking

• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 1st of 4: 6.09%
• Nepal — 3rd of 4: 3.27%
• Cuba — 4th of 4: 1.86%

What this measures

Information and communication technology goods imports include computers and peripheral equipment, communication equipment, consumer electronic equipment, electronic components, and other information and technology goods (miscellaneous).

Limitations: Detailed trade data are widely available from country trade statistics. These are collected by the UNSD and published in their UN COMTRADE database. The ICT goods trade indicators are usually compiled by interested international and national agencies using COMTRADE data. Concepts are therefore consistent with those applying to the COMTRADE database. The main statistical issue associated with this indicator appears to be the different treatment of re-exports and re-imports by countries, depending on whether the Special or General Trade System is used.2 Re-imports are separately reported for some countries and the value of ICT re-imports (which is included in the value of ICT imports for those…

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 22 values

ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) in nearby economies

• Angola — 2.72% (2024)
• Benin — 2.37% (2024)
• Botswana — 2.77% (2023)
• Burkina Faso — 1.38% (2024)
• Burundi — 1.84% (2023)
• Cabo Verde — 2.74% (2024)
• Cameroon — 1.66% (2023)
• Central African Republic — 3.23% (2024)
• Comoros — 1.42% (2021)
• Congo, Rep. — 1.78% (2023)

More infrastructure data for Rwanda

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 9,255 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.06 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 13.29 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 93.2 (2024)
• Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 4.26% (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 31.7% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 433.51 (2023)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 14,403 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 1.54 million (2023)
• Patent applications, nonresidents

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Questions people ask

What is Rwanda's ICT goods imports (% total goods imports)?

3.89% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2001?

It is down 5.23 percentage points from 9.12% in 2001. The highest value was 11.63% in 2009 and the lowest 3.89% in 2022.

Is the latest change in ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) unusual for Rwanda?

In 2022, Rwanda's ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) fell 1.27 percentage points on 2021 (from 5.16% to 3.89%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2002 to 2021), the average change was −0.2 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.01 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNCTADstat database, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), uri: http://unctadstat.unctad.org/ReportFolders/reportFolders.aspx Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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