{"id":54096,"date":"2025-05-05T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-industrial-output-increases-by-5-in-march-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T14:41:50","slug":"rwanda-s-industrial-output-increases-by-5-in-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-industrial-output-increases-by-5-in-march-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s industrial output increases by 5% in March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

This growth builds on an annual average increase of 9.4%, reflecting the country\u2019s continued efforts to strengthen and diversify its industrial base.<\/p>\n

Among the sectors driving this expansion, electricity production stood out with a remarkable 23.2% year-on-year increase. <\/p>\n

This substantial growth highlights the ongoing improvements in energy infrastructure and a rising demand for power, both from industrial users and households. <\/p>\n

Electricity alone contributed 4.4 percentage points to the overall annual change\u2014making it the most influential factor behind March\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

Manufacturing, Rwanda\u2019s largest industrial subsector by weight, recorded a 1.7% increase. <\/p>\n

Within this category, food processing performed particularly well, growing by 7.8% compared to March last year. <\/p>\n

The furniture and other manufacturing segment also saw a strong 19.3% rise, suggesting growing activity in small-scale production and consumer goods.<\/p>\n

However, not all segments fared equally\u2014textiles, clothing, and leather goods fell sharply by 11.2%, and the wood, paper, and printing industries declined by 8.2%, signaling possible structural or demand-related challenges in those areas.<\/p>\n

Mining and quarrying, another key industrial activity, experienced a 4.1% increase compared to March 2024, while water and waste management rose modestly by 1.4%. <\/p>\n

These sectors contributed marginally to the overall index but remained part of the broader industrial expansion.<\/p>\n

On a month-to-month basis, March 2025 also showed signs of healthy momentum, with output rising by 3.9% compared to February. <\/p>\n

Mining activity was especially dynamic during this period, jumping by 17.2%, while the manufacturing of beverages and tobacco products increased by 11.4%.<\/p>\n

This upward trend illustrates Rwanda\u2019s broader push toward industrialization, supported by strategic investments, policy reforms, and a commitment to reducing reliance on imports.<\/p>\n

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Rwanda\u2019s industrial sector registered a solid performance in March 2025, with industrial output increasing by 5.0% compared to the same period in 2024, according to the latest Index of Industrial Production (IIP) released by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000086729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[75],"byline":[160],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-54096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-homenews","byline-theophile-niyitegeka"],"bylines":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"contributors":[{"id":160,"name":"Th\u00e9ophile Niyitegeka","slug":"theophile-niyitegeka","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":3}],"featured_image":{"id":2000086729,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/moses_pictures_1_15-5-e95d5.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/moses_pictures_1_15-5-e95d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/moses_pictures_1_15-5-e95d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/moses_pictures_1_15-5-e95d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/moses_pictures_1_15-5-e95d5.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/moses_pictures_1_15-5-e95d5.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000086729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54096"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=54096"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=54096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}