Rwanda Economy Tops U.S. $10 Billion With 23 Percent Growth

Rwanda's total production grew by more than 23pct in third quarter of last year compared to quarter 1 - adding more than Rwf 1.2trillion to the country's GDP in three months, according to figures from the National Institute of Statistics.

By end of Q1 of 2013, Rwanda's GDP had reached Rwf 5.4trillion ($8.7bn), but by end of the Q3, the economy was Rwf 6.7trillion. At current rate of the dollar rate, the new GDP figures translate to more than US$10billion.

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