Rwanda’s economy grew by 11,8% in the third quarter of 2025
Rwanda’s Gross Domestic Product (DGP) reached frw 5,525 billion in the third quarter of 2025 up from frw 4,659 billion recorded in the same period of 2024, representing a 11 ,8% growth. This was announced by NISR, which noted that the country’s economy continues to grow at steady pace.
According the data, the services sector contributed the largest share to DGP growth, accounting for 57%, followed by industrial at 22% while agriculture contribute 15% of the total output.
An analyst of economic performance across the year shows a steady improvement.
DGP grew by 6,5% in the first quarter, increased to 7,8% in the second quarter, and rose further to 11,8 % in the third quarter, highlighting a strong upward trend in economic activity.
In the third quarter of 2025, agriculture grew by 10%, industry recorded at 17% increase, while the services sector also grew by 10%.
The director General of National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ivan Murenzi said that the growth in agriculture was mainly driven by export crops. He started: ‘’in agriculture, we mainly observe a strong contribution from export crops, which increased by 65%, while food crops recorded a growth of 4%. Coffee production increased by 32% while coffee exports rose by 1005.
On the side of government, the minister of finance and economic planning Yusuf Murangwa , described the 11,8% growth as “positive’’ nothing that it falls within the targets set under the National Strategy for Transformation (NST2) which aims for economic growth at least 9%. He added that the figures shows that since the beginning of the year’’ the country remains within the planned economic targets.’’
Regarding industry, the data indicate a 10% overall growth, largely driven by industries producing construction materials whose output increased by 20% underlining their key role in supporting Rwanda’s economic expansion.
