Table 11-1

Provincial usual economic activity rates (% of people aged 15 and over)

EICV1 (2000/01) Economically active
Males
78.8
83.4
85.3
86.8
83.8
84.1

City of Kigali
Southern Province
Western Province
Northern Province
Eastern Province
National

Females
71.5
87.8
90.6
90.2
87.8
87.2

EICV2 (2005/06)Economically active

All
74.8
85.8
88.3
88.7
86
85.8

Males
79.9
80.7
80.8
81.3
83.4
81.3

Females
75.1
84.3
86.2
86.5
85.9
84.6

Source: EICV1 and EICV2 data: persons aged 15 years and above.

Table 11-2
Age Group
7 to 10
11 to 14
15 to 20
21 to 30
31 to 40
41 to 50
51 to 65
Over 66 years
National

Usual economic activity rates by age group (%)

Working

2.4
16.2
67.7
90
95.4
95.4
93.1
74.9
61.9

EICV1(2000/01)
Unemp Student Inactive

0.1
0.3
1.5
2.5
0.9
0.8
0.4
0.4
1

72.1
72
24.4
4.2
0.1

27.6

25.4
11.5
6.4
3.3
3.5
3.8
6.5
24.7
9.4

All

Working

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

1.3
9.7
55.1
88.8
95.8
95.7
92.5
76
60.8

EICV2(2005/06)
Unemp Student Inactive

0.1
0.3
1.3
2.5
1.5
0.9
1
0.5
1.2

82.9
85
40.3
6.1
0.4
0

15.8
4.9
3.4
2.6
2.4
3.4
6.5
23.5
6

32

Source: EICV1 and EICV2 data: household population aged 7 years and above.

Table 11-3

Industrial activity of adult workers by urban and rural (%)

Industry
Agriculture, fishing, forestry
Mining & quarrying
Manufacturing
Utilities
Construction
Trade
Transport & communications
Financial services
Government
Recreation & tourism
Other services
Inadequately described
All

Kigali urban

Other urban

Rural

All

14.2
0.4
5.5
0.4
7.2
23.1
6.4
2.3
11.9
0.3
27.1
1.2
100

55
0.1
2.1
0.3
3.2
12.9
3.2
0.9
7.9
0.6
12.7
1
100

86.5
0.5
1.5
0
0.9
4.9
0.7
0.1
2.1
0.1
2
0.8
100

78.8
0.4
1.8
0.1
1.5
6.8
1.3
0.3
3.2
0.2
4.6
0.8
100

Rural

All

Source: EICV2 data: usual job of adults 15 years and over years, and in employment.

Table 11-4

Occupational group by urban and rural

Occupational Group

Kigali urban

Other urban

All

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

All
77.4
82.7
83.7
84.1
84.7
83.1

Professionals
Senior Officials and Managers
Office Clerks
Commercial and Sales
Skilled Service Sector
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Semi-Skilled Operatives
Drivers and Machine Operators
Unskilled Labourers
All

7.4
0.9
4.2
19.1
31.3
14.7
16.8
4
1.6
100

4.4
0.1
1.5
11.7
16.6
55.9
7.1
1.2
1.6
100

1.3
0
0.2
4.1
2.5
87.2
3.6
0.2
0.9
100

2
0.1
0.6
5.8
5.7
79.5
4.8
0.5
1
100

Source: EICV2 data: usual job of adults 15 years and over years, and in employment

Table 11-5
Occupation group

Gender and economic activity

Kigali urban

Other Urban

Rural

All

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Male

Female

Professionals
Senior Officials and Managers
Office Clerks
Commercial and Sales
Skilled Service Sector
Agricultural & Fishery Workers
Semi-Skilled Operatives
Drivers and Machine Operators
Unskilled Labourers

8.4
1.2
3.1
16.1
26.9
9
25.3
7.6
2.3

6.3
0.5
5.4
22.6
36.3
21.2
7

4.2
0.2
1.6
13
15.7
62.6
2.7

0.2

2.6
0.1
0.6
6.4
7.3
71.4
8.4
1.2
2

1.4
0
0.5
5.4
4.3
86.2
1.9

0.1

1.8
0
0.3
5
4.3
79.9
6.4
0.4
1.8

0.8
0
0.1
3.4
1
93
1.4

0.8

4.7
0
1.3
10
17.6
47.8
12.5
2.6
3.4

All

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

0.2

Source: EICV2 data: usual job of adults 15 years and over years.

Table 11-7 Employment by formal and informal sector (estimated 000s)

Non-farm

Farm

All

Formal Sector
Waged non-farm
Waged farm
Independent non-farm
Total formal '000s

Workers
199,000
40,000
239,000

%
22.2
4.5
26.6

Workers
32,000
32,000

%
0.9
0.9

Workers
199,000
32,000
40,000
271,000

%
4.5
0.7
0.9
6.2

Informal Sector
Waged non-farm
Waged farm
Independent non-farm
Family non-farm
Subsistence farmers
Total informal '000s

279,000
308,000
72,000
659,000

31.1
34.3
8
73.4

328,000
3,119,000
3,447,000

9.4
89.7
99.1

279,000
328,000
308,000
72,000
3,119,000
4,106,000

6.4
7.5
7
1.6
71.3
93.8

Total employment '000s

898,000

100

3,479,000

100

4,377,000

100

Source: EICV2 data. All adults aged 15 years and above, in employment.

Table

11-8

Paid employment in the formal and informal sectors

Formal Sector
Public
Parastatal
Formal private
NGO (Non-governmental organization)
% Formal
Total formal sector workers
Informal Sector
Informal private
Other
% informal
Total informal '000s
Total Paid Employment '000s

Wage farm

Wage non farm

All

1.20%
2.40%
4.20%
1.10%
8.90%
32,000

17.10%
4.80%
17.30%
2.40%
41.50%
199,000

10.30%
3.80%
11.70%
1.80%
27.50%
231,000

67.90%
23.20%
91.10%
328,000
360,000

34.00%
24.50%
58.50%
279,000
478,000

48.60%
23.90%
72.50%
607,000
838,000

Source: EICV2 data: Main usual jobs of adults 15 years and over years, and in salaried or waged
employment.

Table

11-9

Participation in agriculture and highest educational

level (%)

Highest level attained

Agriculture

Never attended school

Primary 1 to 5
Primary 6 or 7
Vocational Training
Secondary 1 - 3
Secondary 4 6
University
All working

Non-agriculture

89.3
82.6
76.6
53.6
51.8
27
3.3
79.4

All
10.7
17.4
23.4
46.4
48.2
73
96.7
20.6

100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100

Source: EICV2 All adults 15 years and over years, and in employment.

Table 11-10
Industry Group
Agriculture, fishing, forestry
Mining & quarrying
Manufacturing
Utilities
Construction
Trade
Transport & communications
Financial services
Government
Recreation & tourism
Other services
Inadequately described
All

Industry group of newly taken non-farm jobs (%)

Wage non farm

Independent non-farm

Unpaid non farm worker

All

0.7
2.6
5.8
0.6
11.6
9.4
7.3
2.5
21.7
0.2
33.7
3.8
100

1.2
1.4
7.9

1
0.5
5.2

0.3
68.6
7.2
0.2
0.6
1
8.9
2.8
100

0.8
52.3
1
0.6
7.2
1.1
27.3
2.9
100

0.9
2
6.6
0.3
6.5
34.7
6.8
1.5
12.7
0.6
23.9
3.4
100

Source: EICV2 data: all working aged 15 years and above, excluding independent farmers.

Table 11-11

Economic status in short and long reference periods[1] (%), 2005/6

Working

12-month reference
period
Male
Female
All
58.7
62.7 60.8

Unemployed
Student
Inactive - other

1
33.8
6.5

1.3
30.4
5.6

1.2
32
6

All

100

100

100

7-day reference period

Male
49.1
8.4
1.7
33.8
6.6
0.5
100

Employed
Work attachment
Unemployed
Student
Inactive
No information
All

Female
53.8
7.5
2
30.4
6
0.3
100

Source: EICV2 household population aged 7 years and above.

Table 11-12

Economic activity rates by stratum All 7 years and above (%), 2005/6
12-month reference period

7-day reference period

City of Kigali

Other
urban

Rural

City of Kigali

Other urban

Rural

All

Working
Work attachment

54.2

57.3

61.8

47.8

48.7

52.3

51.6

Unemployed
Student
Inactive - other
No information
All

6.6
33
6.2
100

3
33.3
6.4
100

0.5
31.8
5.9
100

3.1
9.4
33
6.4
0.4
100

5.9
4.5
33.3
7.4
0.3
100

8.6
0.8
31.8
6.1
0.4
100

7.9
1.8
32
6.2
0.4
100

Source: EICV2 data: household population aged 7 years and above.

Table 11-13 Economic activity rates for adults by stratum 2005/06 %

Working
Unemployed
Student
Inactive
All
Source: EICV2

Kigali

Other urban

Rural

All

68.1
8.4
17.6
5.9
100

75.5
3.9
14.5
6
100

83.6
0.6
11.9
3.9
100

81.6
1.5
12.6
4.3
100

Al
51.6
7.9
1.8
32
6.2
0.4
100