Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Rwanda
Recent data show the significant progress made towards achieving the MDGs in Rwanda. Over the last five years, Rwanda posted an average growth of real GDP of 8.4% with GDP per capita growing from US$ 333 in 2006 to US$ 540 in 2011. This pace puts it ahead of Rwanda’s vision of becoming a Middle Income Country by 2020.
Data also shows that the poor benefited the most from this growth spurt. Poverty rates fell by 12% in five years which means an annual reduction rate of 2.4% the latter puts Rwanda in the company of China (2.56%), Thailand (2.50%) and Vietnam (2.75%).
Other MDGs indicators show equally impressive progress. Net primary school attendance, maternal health indicators and child mortality rates, access to safe drinking water all improved sharply. For a full picture, one can visit: http://www.statistics.gov.rw/
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