Rwanda
Background Information
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa
World Bank income group
Low income
Percent of population aged 10-24
32% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
1,939,613 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
1,698,646 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
7%
Source: UNSDG, 2015
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
39
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
34%
Source: DHS, 2015
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
94%
Source: DHS, 2015
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
9
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2018
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 71%
(2019)
-
Lower secondary 71%
(2019)
-
Upper secondary 73%
(2019)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 61%
-
Male 48%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 30%
-
Male 25%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 16%
-
Male 19%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 4%
-
Male 7%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Lower secondary school
-
Female 26%
-
Male 26%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Upper secondary school
-
Female 62%
-
Male 60%
Female: UIS, 2015
Male: UIS, 2015
Programs Back to Top
Network/Convening/Conference
AMPLIFY Girls Collective
Research Project/Report/Study
AMPLIFY: COVID-19 Response Research
Project/Program
Building Learning Foundations (BLF) Program
Project/Program
COVID-19 Response: Inclusive Education
Project/Program
Career Girls Mobile Learning Center (MLC) Pilot Program in Rwanda
Project/Program
Community Grants Program
Project/Program
Comprehensive scholarship programme
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Empowering Adolescent Girls
Project/Program
Financial Education for Girls Program
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
GPE and COVID-19
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Gender-Responsive Education and Transformation
Project/Program
Gender-Responsive Pedagogy
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Girls' Choices Mobile App
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Girls' Education Challenge
Project/Program
Girls, Women & the Global Goals: Empowering Women in Conflict Areas
Project/Program
Hanga Ahazaza ‘Create the Future’
Project/Program
Learn4Work
Project/Program
Link's Response to COVID-19
Project/Program
Literacy Boost
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Ni Nyampinga
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Rwanda Ministry of Education's COVID-19 Response Plan
Project/Program
Rwanda Quality Basic Education for Human Capital Development Project
Project/Program
School Solutions
Project/Program
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Project/Program
Teacher Training
Research Project/Report/Study
Tega
Research Project/Report/Study
The COVID-19 Crisis and its Impact on Global Education
Research Project/Report/Study
The Effect of COVID-19 on Education in Africa and its Implications for the Use of Technology: A Survey of the Experiences and Opinions of Educators and Technology Specialists
Project/Program
Women in Science (WiSci)
Project/Program
Young Women's Academy for Conscious Change (YWA)
Research Project/Report/Study
Youth Think Tank