{"id":55859,"date":"2025-10-06T15:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T15:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/rwanda-s-industrial-output-expanded-by-8-3-in-august-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T12:43:23","slug":"rwanda-s-industrial-output-expanded-by-8-3-in-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/rwanda-s-industrial-output-expanded-by-8-3-in-august-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda\u2019s industrial output expanded by 8.3% in August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Index of Industrial Production (IIP) shows that the upturn was powered by mining and manufacturing, which together contributed most of the gains. Mining and quarrying output surged 27.9 percent, while manufacturing grew 11.2 percent year-on-year. <\/p>\n<p>The performance lifted the sector\u2019s annual average growth rate to 6.8 percent, signalling renewed momentum in Rwanda\u2019s industrial economy.<\/p>\n<p>Within manufacturing, non-metallic mineral products, which include cement and construction materials, jumped nearly 50 percent, adding 2.4 percentage points to the overall index. <\/p>\n<p>Metal products, machinery and equipment climbed 18.2 percent, and furniture and other manufacturing rose 46.9 percent. However, the data showed a slowdown in some consumer goods: food processing fell by 6.2 percent, while beverages and tobacco slipped 1.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Energy output also supported growth, with electricity generation up 7.0 percent, while water supply and waste management saw a modest 1.7 percent increase. <\/p>\n<p>The IIP has recently been rebased to 2024, a technical change that updates the weights assigned to each subsector to better reflect today\u2019s economy. NISR explained that rebasing helps keep the index accurate as new industries emerge and the structure of production shifts. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Over time, the economic structure changes (new industries emerge, some decline, relative sizes shift), keeping an old base year can make the index less relevant, less reflective of the current structure, and harder to interpret,&#8221; NISR explained its decision to review the previous 2017 base year.<\/p>\n<p>The industrial sector remains a key driver of Rwanda\u2019s economic transformation agenda, with the government targeting stronger local production to reduce import dependence and support exports. As of 2024, manufacturing represented 68.1 percent of the country\u2019s formal industrial base by gross value added, while mining accounted for 15.8 percent<\/p>\n<p>The Index of Industrial Production is a key economic indicator used to measure short-term industrial trends in Rwanda\u2019s formal sector, excluding construction activities. It complements the country\u2019s quarterly Gross Value Added statistics and provides policymakers, investors, and analysts with timely insights into the health of Rwanda\u2019s industrial economy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95662 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/rwanda.industrial.outputigihe-e3bf8-75d4e-a4071-fa284.jpg\" alt=\"The latest Index of Industrial Production (IIP) shows that the upturn was powered by mining and manufacturing, which together contributed most of the gains. Mining and quarrying output surged 27.9 percent, while manufacturing grew 11.2 percent year-on-year. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda\u2019s industrial sector recorded strong growth in August 2025, with total formal output rising by 8.3 percent compared to the same month last year, according to new figures from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000095663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-62","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000095663,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/rwanda.industrial.outputigihe-e3bf8-75d4e-a4071-fa284logo.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/rwanda.industrial.outputigihe-e3bf8-75d4e-a4071-fa284logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/rwanda.industrial.outputigihe-e3bf8-75d4e-a4071-fa284logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/rwanda.industrial.outputigihe-e3bf8-75d4e-a4071-fa284logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/rwanda.industrial.outputigihe-e3bf8-75d4e-a4071-fa284logo.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/rwanda.industrial.outputigihe-e3bf8-75d4e-a4071-fa284logo.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55859","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55859"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55859"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}