Rwanda: Government debt held by non-residents
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| Rwanda |
Government debt held by non-residents |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 87.65 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2023 - 2024 |
| Average | 85.86 |
| Min - Max | 84.06 - 87.65 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2024 is 87.65 percent, an increase from 84.06 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 44.18 percent, based on data from 79 countries. Historically, the average for Rwanda from 2023 to 2024 is 85.86 percent. The minimum value, 84.06 percent, was reached in 2023 while the maximum of 87.65 percent was recorded in 2024.
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Definition: General government debt held by non-residents as percent of total government debt. The source for these data is: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Government spending, percent of GDP | 15.06 | 2025 | percent |
| Government spending, in dollars | 2.47 | 2025 | billion U.S. dollars |
| Fiscal balance, percent of GDP | -6.57 | 2024 | percent |
| Primary budget balance | -4.17 | 2024 | percent |
| Government expenditure | 872.00 | Q1/2026 | billion |
| Tax revenue | 13.07 | 2023 | percent |
| Commercial tax rate | 33.20 | 2019 | percent |
| Tax preparation time | 91 | 2019 | hours |
| Taxes on goods and services | 25.86 | 2023 | percent |
| Taxes on international trade | 5.35 | 2023 | percent |
| Income and profits taxes | 25.52 | 2023 | percent |
| Foreign aid | 1,387.33 | 2023 | million U.S. dollars |
| Government debt | 67.24 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt in foreign currency, percent | 87.53 | 2024 | percent |
| Government debt held by non-residents | 87.65 | 2024 | percent |
| Sovereign debt average maturity | 11.13 | 2024 | percent |
| Short-term government debt | 1.58 | 2024 | percent |