Rwanda is a country that has a handful of natural resources that they trade with other countries. Rwanda's main resources and exports are Tin Ores, various other ores (which I'll go over), Refined Petroleum, Tea, and Coffee. Rwanda's top natural resource and the largest money maker are Tin Ores. The country brings in an average of $148 million in Tin Ores. Close behind Tin Ores are Niobium, Tantalum, Vanadium, Zirconium Ores which bring in $130 million on yearly basis. Next is Refined Petroleum which accounts for $101 million worth of Rwanda's export income. The last two natural resources following behind Refined Petroleum is Tea, which brings in $81.9 million and coffee which brings in $68.3 million. This is a pretty good amount of money Rwanda is making on their natural resources considering the countries land mass is smaller than the state of Maryland here in the United States.







Up until the Genocide which took place in 1994, Rwanda's exporting of natural resources was pretty stagnate. However, after the genocide, Rwanda has steadily increased the amount of money they have been bringing in from natural resources. Now the reasoning for this, I am not sure. It could have been in large part the division between the two ethnic groups in Rwanda that caused the economy to be stagnate but since then and after the genocide, Rwanda has had a considerable growth rate former to year in the economy. For the size of their country, Rwanda has influenced and traded largely with other African nations surrounding them. Rwanda's top two countries in which they trade with are Tanzania and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. Overall, Rwanda has had a considerable amount of influence in and around East Africa and they are continuing to expand the amount of money their economy is bringing in.