Rwanda

Economic sectors

Rwanda's economy is dominated by the agricultural sector, which contributes 44 percent of GDP and 70 percent of exports, and employs 9 out of 10 of the country's workers. In 1998, agricultural exports accounted for US$36.5 million. Most of Rwanda's population is engaged in some form of subsistence agriculture, producing goods for their own consumption and not for sale.

Roughly 10,000 workers are employed in the industrial sector, which represents 20 percent of the country's GDP. The industrial sector is composed of small-to medium-sized companies, whose capital rarely exceeds US$1 million and which produce primarily food-related

Communications
Country	Telephones^a	Telephones, Mobile/Cellular^a	Radio Stations^b	Radios^a	TV Stations^a	Televisions^a	Internet Service Providers^c	Internet Users^c
Rwanda	15,000 (1995)	N/A	AM 0; FM 3;shortwave 1	601,000	2	N/A	1	1,000
United States	194 M	69.209 M (1998)	AM 4,762; FM 5,542;shortwave 18	575 M	1,500	219 M	7,800	148 M
Dem. Rep. of Congo	21,000	8,900	AM 3; FM 12;shortwave 1 (1999)	18.03 M	20 (1999)	6.478 M	2	1,500 (1999)
Burundi	16,000	619	AM 2; FM 2;shortwave 0	440,000	1 (1999)	25,000	1	2,000
^aData is for 1997 unless otherwise noted.
^bData is for 1998 unless otherwise noted.
^cData is for 2000 unless otherwise noted.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook 2001 [Online].

products. After the war, the industrial sector came to a halt. Since then, the Rwandan industrial sector has only been able to resume 40 percent of its pre-war levels. The services sector represents just 36 percent of GDP. Financial services are weak, and tourism nearly nonexistent thanks to the country's reputation for violence.