February 07, 2012 National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS OF RWANDA EDPRS2, EICV3 & DHS4 Joint Launch Key Statistics Highlights February 2012 BY Yusuf MURANGWA NISR Director General

 Background  Coverage (EICV3 and DHS4)  Economic performance  Statistics EICV3 & DHS4  Other countries experience  Reasons for improvement  Challenges  Way forward National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 2 Scope February 07, 2012

EICV3 (2010/11)  The 3 rd in series following EICV1 & EICV2 in 2000/1 and 2005/6 respectively.  Covers household living conditions including: income, expenditure, poverty, housing conditions, education, employment…. DHS4 (2010)  The 4 th in a series following DHS1, DHS2, DHS3 in 1992, 2000 & An interim one was conducted in 2007/8.  Covers household health conditions especially women and children including: fertility, access to health facilities, anemia, malaria, nutrition, HIV…. National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 3 Background February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 4 Background Average GDP growth 2006 – 2010: 8.4% February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 5 Background GDP per capita: Vision 2020 target USD 900 February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 6 Statistics % Net primary school attendance, EICV3: Overall 91.7%. February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 7 Statistics % Net secondary school attendance, EICV3: Overall 20.9%. February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 8 Statistics % with safe drinking water, EICV3: Overall 74.2%. February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 9 Statistics % with electricity for lighting, EICV3: Overall 10.8%. February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 10 Statistics % ownership of mobile phones, EICV3: Overall 45.2%. February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 11 Statistics Poverty: Target EDPRS1 in 2012 is 46% February 07, 2012

Statistics National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda /012005/62010/11% Reduction RWANDA58.9%56.7%44.9%11.8% Kigali City22.7%20.8%16.8%4.0% Eastern Province59.3%52.1%42.6%9.5% Northern Province64.2%60.5%42.8%17.7% Western Province62.3%60.4%48.4%12.0% Southern Province65.5%66.7%56.5%10.2% Poverty status by Province February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 13 Statistics Poverty distribution by district%. February 07, 2012

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 14 Statistics Evolution of Inequality February 07, 2012

Growth incidence curves June 4, 2016 National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 15

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 16 Trends in Maternal Health Maternal Mortality February 07, 2012

Contraceptive Use National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 17 Percentage of currently married women using any modern method February 07, 2012

Trend in Fertility National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda At current fertility levels, a woman in Rwanda will have an average of 4.6 children in her entire reproductive life TFR for women age for the 3-year period preceding the survey February 07, 2012

Trends in Children Health National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 19February 07, 2012

Undernourished Children National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 20 More than 2 SD below the median of WHO Child Growth Standards adopted in February 07, 2012

HIV Prevalence National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 21 Total February 07, 2012

Other countries poverty reduction experience National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 22 Country ReductionYears Average annual reduction achievedYear range China Ghana Kenya Malaysia Senegal Thailand Tunisia Vietnam Rwanda Rwanda February 07, 2012

Reasons for improvement in poverty reduction  Improved agriculture production  Agro business  Farm wage employment  Increase in nonfarm wages  Income transfers (from family and friends)  Slowing population growth  Improvements in infrastructure (roads, electricity, markets…) June 4, 2016 National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 23

Challenges in poverty reduction  Population growth  Price increases (both food and non food items)  Agriculture (more can be achieved especially in some districts with poor performance)  Creating more nonfarm and self employment  Trade especially in agro products can be improved  Development infrastructure (roads, electricity, markets...) June 4, 2016 National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 24

Way forward  Launch EICV3 and DHS4 results – Beginning February 2012  Prepare EDPRS sector analysis reports – By end May 2012  Prepare comprehensive district profiles – By end May 2012  Conduct interim studies – 2013/2014 National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 25January 16, 2012

End Thank You National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda 26January 16, 2012