Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
$357 million (2005 est.)
Debt - external:
$1.4 billion (2004 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$425 million (2003)
Currency (code):
Rwandan franc (RWF)
Currency code:
RWF
Exchange rates:
Rwandan francs per US dollar - 610 (2005), 574.62 (2004), 537.66
(2003), 476.33 (2002), 442.8 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Rwanda
Telephones - main lines in use:
23,000 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
290,000
note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and several
provincial capitals (2005)