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Rwanda Establishment Census 2017

Rwanda, 2017 - 2018
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rwa-nisr-rec-2017-V0.1
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda
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Questionnaires
Establishment Census Questionnaire 2017 (English)
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Author(s) NISR
Country Rwanda
Language English
Publisher(s) NISR
Description This is the questionnaire for Establishment census 2017 in English language
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Establishment Census 2017 Questionnaire(Kinyarwanda)
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Author(s) NISR
Country Rwanda
Language Kinyarwanda
Publisher(s) NISR
Description This is the questionnaire for Establishment Census 2017 in Kinyarwanda
Download https://microdatabk.statistics.gov.rw//catalog/87/download/814
Reports
Rwanda Establishment Census Report 2017
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Author(s) The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)
Date 2018-06-01
Country Rwanda
Language English
Publisher(s) NISR
Description This is the report of findings from Establishment Census 2017
Table of contents Table of Content
Foreword ................................................................................................................................................................................... i
Table of Content ................................................................................................................................................................... iii
List of tables ............................................................................................................................................................................. v
List of figures ........................................................................................................................................................................ vii
Abbreviation and acronyms .......................................................................................................................................... viii
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................. ix
CHAPTER ONE: OVERVIEW AND KEY CONCEPTS OF THE 2017 ESTABLISHMENT CENSUS ............... 1
1.1. Overview .........................................................................................................................................1
1.2. Objectives of the Establishment Census ........................................................................................1
1.3. Key Concepts ...................................................................................................................................1
1.4. Methodology ...................................................................................................................................3
1.4.1. Data collection tools ..................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4.2. Field staff recruitment ................................................................................................................................ 4
1.4.3. Trainings ........................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.4.4. Field organization and data collection .................................................................................................. 5
1.4.5. Data processing .............................................................................................................................................. 6
1.4.6. Data validation and tables generation ................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER TWO: MAIN RESULTS OF THE 2017 ESTABLISHMENT CENSUS .................................................. 7
2. 1. Characteristics of establishments and trend between 2014 and 2017 ......................................7
2.1.1. Institutional Sector ....................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1.2. Change in Establishments and Enterprises between 2014 and 2017 by Establishment type ...................... 8
2.1.3. Economic Activity ......................................................................................................................................... 8
2.1.4. Spatial distribution of Establishments and change between 2014-2017 ............................... 9
2.1.5. Enterprise’s size .......................................................................................................................................... 13
2.1.6. Ownership of establishments ................................................................................................................. 13
2.1.7. Legal Status ................................................................................................................................................... 14
2.1.8. Registration .................................................................................................................................................. 14
2.1.9. Establishments by year of starting operations in Rwanda ........................................................ 15
2.2. Employment ................................................................................................................................. 17
2.3. Distribution of workers by economic activities and by sex ...................................................... 20
2.4. Changes in establishments’ characteristics since 2014 ............................................................ 22
2.4.1. Changes of the number of establishments from 2014 to 2017 according to economic activity .................. 23
2.4.2. Changes of the number of establishments from 2014 to 2017 by District ......................... 25
2.4.3. Change of the number of enterprises by size from 2014 to 2017 ........................................... 26
2.4.4. Change in employment opportunities from 2014 to 2017 by economic activities. ........ 27
CHAPTER THREE: FORMAL AND INFORMAL SECTOR ...................................................................................... 31
3.1. Criteria for classification of enterprises into formal/informal sectors on the basis of the
2017 Establishment Census ............................................................................................................... 31
3.2. Prevalence of formal and informal enterprises in Rwanda ...................................................... 32
3.3. Characteristics of Formal and Informal Enterprises in Rwanda .............................................. 32
3.3.1. Prevalence of Formal/Informal enterprises according to Institutional Sector ................. 32
3.3.2. Distribution of formal/informal enterprises by size .................................................................... 33
3.3.3. Distribution of formal and informal enterprises according to Economic Activity ........... 34
3.3.4. Distribution of Formal/Informal enterprises according to urban/rural residence ........ 36
3.3.5 Distribution of formal and informal enterprises by District and by province .................... 37
3.3.6. Distribution of formal and informal enterprises by year of starting operations .............. 40
3.3.7 Prevalence of formal and informal enterprises by year of starting operations ................. 40
3.3.8. Distribution of formal and informal enterprises in private and public partnership by level capital employed ................. 41
3.3.8 Distribution of formal/Informal enterprises in private and public private partnership which started operations in or before 2016 by the category of
reported turnover in 2016. ............................................................................................................................................................... 42
3.3.9. Employment ................................................................................................................................................. 43
3.3.10. Distribution of workers by District and by formal and informal status ............................ 44
3.3.11. Change in formal and informal enterprises ................................................................................... 45
3.3.12. Prevalence of formal/informal by economic activity ................................................................ 47
3.3.13. Prevalence of formal/Informal status by size of the enterprises ......................................... 48
REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................................................ 50
ANNEX ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Annex A: Concepts and Definitions .............................................................................................................................. 51
Annex B: Detailed tables ..................................................................................................................... 58
Annex C : Questionnaire ...................................................................................................................... 85
Annex D: Maps .................................................................................................................................... 89
Annex E: Persons who contributed to the implementation of the third establishment census.. 103
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Technical documents
LISTING FORM
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Author(s) NISR
Date 2017-01-01
Country Rwanda
Language Kinyarwanda
Publisher(s) NISR
Description This is the listing form used during the Cstablishment Census 2017 in Rwanda.
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