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EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

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EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

3.8

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

3.4

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

4.0

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour4
Worker rights & FOA4
OHS & audit transparency4
Food & product safety4
Environmental & regulatory4
Governance & anti-corruption4
Tariff & preferential access2
Non-tariff barriers3
Supply chain traceability5

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict4
Supplier concentration3
Climate & physical risk4
Sanctions exposure2
Policy continuity & property rights4

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness8
Supply base depth2
Logistics & infrastructure2
Workforce skills4
Scalability6
Ease of doing business5
Trade access & tariffs3
Sustainability baseline4
Innovation & IP3
Quality standards3

9 = most attractive · methodology & sources

Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.

Data layers

Rwanda and the EU

EU imports from

€119m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU exports to

€291m

0.0% of extra-EU

EU supplier rank

EU's #145 supplier

EU trade balance

balanced or surplus

coverage 2.45

2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →

Electricity & grid

National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated

Electricity costs →

Industrial

61

EUR/MWh

Consumer

161

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

302

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Import dependence

Market model

Vertically integrated state utility

Direct PPA

None

grid access: closed

Reserve margin

Regulator

Independent

Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA)

A small system (~250 MW installed) dependent on hydro (49%) and methane gas from Lake Kivu (38%), with 7% of supply imported, ambitious electrification targets (100% access by 2030) but limited domestic resources and…

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Demographics

UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant

ASEAN demographics →

Median age

19.7

→ 25.8 by 2050

Fertility

3.64

above replacement

Working-age

58.7%

aged 15–64

Old-age dep.

6.7

→ 9.6 by 2050

Median age 1990–2050

Population 14.3M · still growing past 2100

By 2050: +59% (22.7M)

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