Rwanda - Rwanda Labour Force Survery 2025

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RWA-NISR-RLFS-2025-v0.1

Year

Country

Rwanda

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) - Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN)

Sponsor(s)

Government of Rwanda - GoR - Funder

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Apr 08, 2026

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Data File: RW_LFS2025

Cases	100852
Variable(s)	207

Variables

Name	Label	Question
D21	In order to report to an authority, does the business/establishment where (NAME)

D21A	What kind of accounts or records deos the (busines/farm) keep?

D23	Where is the business where [NAME] work located?

D23A	What means of transportation do you mainly use to commute to your place of work?

D23B	How long does it normally take you to get to work?

D24	How long have [NAME] been working (total experience)-Years?

D24B	In your main job or business, how many months do you typically work in a year?

D25A	Is this District the same as the District where (Name) performs his/her main job

D25B	In which district do (You/Name) mainly perform this work?

DS07	(Do/Does) (You/Name) work...?

DS08	Who usually makes the decisions about the running of the family/household busine

DS09	Does the business hire/have any paid employees on a regular basis?

DS09AA	Is (NAME)'s business registered with RDB?

DS09AAA	Is (Name)'s business registered as....?

DS09_A	Does more than half of the income from [NAME]?s business/activity come from ?.?

DS09_B	Does [NAME] get customers, clients or buyers through someone else, for example f

DS09_C	In this business /activity Does [NAME]??

DS09_D	In [NAME]?s business/activity does client/company/intermediary/or other person??

DS10A	Which of the following types of pay (do/does) (you/name) receive for this work?

F01A	(Have/Has) (you/name) ever had a paid job or another income-generating activity,

F01B	How long ago was it that(you/name) last stop working?

F02	The main reason to stop working in his/her last paid job / business?

F05	What is (Name) main source of income at present?

G01	In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend collecting firewood for the

G01A	In the last 7 days, did [NAME] spend time collecting firewood for the household

G02	In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend fetching water for the house

G02A	In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on fetching water for the household?

G03	In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend searching for fodder or gra

G03A	In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on grazing or feeding hiusehold animal

G04	In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend manufacturing household good

G04A	In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on manufacturing of goods for family u

G05	In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend constructing your dwelling,

G05A	In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on construction of own building?

G06	In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend doing household chores inclu

G06A	In the last 7 days, Did [Name] spent time on doing household chores?

G07	In the last 7 days, how many hours did [NAME] spend looking after children and e

G07A	In the last 7 days, Did [Name] tooktime to look under children or adults

H01	During the last four weeks did he/she do any of the following work mainly for o

H02	How many days per week has [NAME] usualy worked in these activities?

H03	How many hours per week does [NAME] usually work in these activities?

H05	In general, did the household sell or barter any part of the goods obtained from

H06	About how much does the household regularly sell?

H09	Do you regularly or sometimes engage paid employee in the farming activity?

H10	Excluding family members, how many paid employees do you usually engage in thes

indd01	ISCO High level

indd03	ISIC High level

EN01	main source of energy that your household uses for lighting?

EN01_OTHERS	Main source of energy Others

status1	Labour force status with 14+

indb05	Field of education

wap16	Working age population

employed16	Employment to population ratio

UR1	Unemployment rate

LFPR	Labour force particiaption rate

sub	Subsistance foodstaff producers

TRU	Time related underemployment

PLF	Potential labour force

youth	Youth 16 to 24 years old

young	Young 16 to 30 years old

LUU	Labour underutilization

disable	person with disability

discourage	Discouraged jobseekers

willing	Willing non seeker and not available

migrant	Recent migration

neetyouth	NEET 16-24

neetyoung	NEET 16-30

youngs	Young status

icse18A	5 Main categories of Status in employment by type of authority

Prod_unit	Production sector unit

IEV2	Formal and Informal employment for main job

main_sect	Economic sector

indb1	Years of schooling

attained	Level of education completed

age5	Five years age group

age10	Broader age group

usualhrs	Usually working hours

hhsize	Household size

head	Head of the household

dG01	fetch firewood

dG02	fetch water

dG03	searching fooder or grazing

dG04	manufacturing household goods

dG05	repairing household

dG06	Cooking and shopping

dG07	Looking after children and aldery

timegood	Time spent in production of good

timeservice	Time spent in production of services

usual_h	Number of usual hours

act_hrs	Number of actual hours worked

acthrs	Actual hours intervals

YA	Young/adult

hr_own	Total hours in own use

subhrs	Time spent in subsistance activities

age3	selected age group

TVT	Attended TVT or not

TVT2	General or TVET attainemnt

UD	Unemployment duration

age3_16_30	Youth age groups

YUR1	Youth unemployment rate

intcash	Cash Income interval for employees