In 2025, National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda released Rwanda’s second national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), based on the Seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV7) conducted in 2023/24. The 2025 report revised the 2018 MPI methodology and structure, as detailed on pages 23-24 of the EICV7 thematic report.

• Citation: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) (2025). Seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV7). Report: NISR

Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 33.3% or more of the 13 weighted indicators. 

Source: NISR (2025). EICV7 Multidimensional Poverty: Thematic report. 7th Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey Report, National Institute of Statistics Rwanda (NISR).

The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country.     

Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Rwanda based on DHS year 2019-2020.  

Official institution responsible for statistics  

• National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) 

Voluntary National Reviews 

• 2019 | 2019 Rwanda Voluntary National Review (VNR) Report p. 26
• 2023 | 2023 Rwanda Voluntary National Review, p. 82