Kigali: Rwanda recorded a 9.4 percent economic growth rate in the second quarter of 2026, up from 7.8 percent in Q2 2025, according to the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), with the performances in the industry and services sector driving it.
In the second quarter, the industry sector recorded the strongest growth, expanding by 18 percent, while services grew by 7 percent and agriculture increased by 4 percent, according to the report.
The services sector accounted for 51 percent of GDP, followed by industry at 23 percent and agriculture at 21 percent. Net indirect taxes contributed the remaining 5 percent, said the report.
At current market prices, Rwanda's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was estimated at about 7.17 trillion Rwandan francs (about 4.89 billion U.S. dollars) in the second quarter of 2026, compared with some 5.8 trillion Rwandan francs in the same quarter of 2025.
