Datasource:
Integrated Business Enterprise Survey
Period:
January, 2014 to December, 2014
Key Statistics from the survey:
- The estimated total number of workers in formal sector enterprises in 2014 was 175,244 working in estimated 9,251 enterprises.
- 48% of employees in the formal business sector were based in Kigali.
- The largest business activity in the formal sector is wholesale and Retail trade, employing around 42% of all employees.
- 54% of formal businesses were owned by a single individual, while around 18% were limited companies and 10% are cooperatives.
- 2.4% of enterprises employed at least 100 staff, while 41% had 3 employees or fewer.
- 69% of enterprises were owned by Rwandan resident, while 2.4% were owned my non-residents.
- 58% of businesses had been operating for less than 5 years, while 9% had been established for at least 20 years.
- Amongst the largest businesses (100 or more employees) 31% had been operating for less than 5 years, while 18% had been operating for 20 or more years.
- 67% of formal sector employees were men, and 33% women. In the informal sector, 91.7% of all businesses had at most 3 employees.
- 64% of informal workers were men, and 36% women.