About NISR 

The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) is a government institution created in 2005 with the mission to assume the leading role in improving capacity to use evidence-based information for decision making by coordinating national effort to collect and achieve reliable data, to analyze, document and disseminate data within an integrated and sustainable framework.

NISR, as the primary data producer, produces mandatory statistics such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Consumer Price Index (CPI), Producers Price Index (PPI), External Trade, Population Statistics from Census and Population Projections, and other special purpose-statistics from surveys such as the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), Household Living Conditions Survey (Enquete Integrale sur les Condition de vie des ménages or EICV in French) and other surveys. It also conducts specific surveys such as Agriculture Survey, Service Provision Assessment etc., jointly with the relevant institutions.

NISR is also the coordinator of the National Statistical System.

Click on the link below to visit NISR website

http://www.statistics.gov.rw/

About IMISRwanda

IMISRwanda is a tool to organize, analyze and present statistical data in variety of forms including tables, graphs and thematic maps. It provides policy makers, development partners and researchers institutions among other users with friendly platform for data access. IMISRwanda is implemented to complement the existing databases of the NISR, and goes a long way in increasing data access and availability to data users. The system will be continually updated as new data becomes available.

IMIS Rwanda has been developed with the support from UNFPA – Rwanda. 

IMIS Rwanda has two components, the website and the database. The website is developed using Drupal – a Free and Open Source Content Management System and the database is an adaptation of Retadam+SP (4Rev00) – a United Nations (http://www.eclac.org/redatam/default.asp?idioma=IN) endorsed database system. The data contained in the database pertains to various surveys in Rwanda