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The rate was 30% for income up to 2023. Taxable profit is rounded down to the nearest RWF 1,000.

Zero-rated supplies are taxed at 0%. A business must register for VAT when its turnover exceeds RWF 20,000,000 in the previous year or RWF 5,000,000 in the previous quarter.

Nyungwe National Park, one of the oldest montane rainforests in Africa, is a natural site of 101,964 ha. The memorial sites of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi at Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero are a cultural site.

Intore, “the chosen ones”, is a troupe dance in which dancers play warriors, leaping with spears and shields to drums and songs. It is danced at weddings, harvest festivals and the reception of guests.

Umuganda runs from about 8:00 to 11:00, and taking part is required from the age of 18 to 65. The Rwanda Governance Board valued the work done from 2007 to 2016 at about RWF 106 billion.

A 2019 law extended the ban to single-use plastic items, with exceptions only by permit from the Rwanda Environment Management Authority. Bags are taken from travellers at the airport and at border posts.

Kiswahili became an official language in 2017. Kinyarwanda is spoken by almost everyone, English is the language of school teaching and most business, and French is still widely used.

The agreement entered into force on 30 May 2019. Rwanda was among the first eight countries to trade under it, through the Guided Trade Initiative.

The Office of the Registrar General issues the certificate of incorporation, and the company code is also the tax number. There is no minimum share capital for a private company.

60.1% are connected to the grid and 25.3% use solar systems, up from 64.53% five years earlier. The Government aims for universal access by 2029.

It is the world’s third-largest tantalum producer and Africa’s largest producer of tungsten. Mineral exports earned USD 1.75 billion in 2024.

That was 23,860 tonnes, up from about USD 90 million a year earlier.

1.49 million international visitors came, and conferences and events brought in USD 94.7 million from 165 events.

Rwanda’s four national parks drew 155,394 visits and USD 40.8 million in revenue in 2025.

The gorilla naming ceremony has become a national celebration of conservation.

Two plants, KivuWatt (26 MW) and Shema (56 MW), have a combined capacity of 82 MW. The lake is up to 485 m deep.

It scored 58 out of 100, one of the best results in Africa.