press rank #138 · ~$1,067/mo

Can you live unwatched in Rwanda?

Mixed civil liberties, ranked #138 for press freedom. Not individually assessed beyond public indices.

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The privacy scorecard

State surveillance3/5
Facial recognition3/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law2/5
Encryption3/5
VPN freedom4/5
Democracy2/5
Free expression2/5
Cash still works4/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom3/5
Easy to stay4/5
Off-grid living4/5
8 cameras / 1,000 people press rank #138 ~$1,067/mo national average

Childhood vaccines: recommended, never required

No national law requires a child to be vaccinated here. The schedule is an offer, not a duty.

If you skip them: Nothing. No national law requires it.

Exemptions: Not needed: there is no mandate to be exempt from.

Source: Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

No extradition treaty with the US

ID required to buy a SIM card

4 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

3 real places in Rwanda

Facial recognition, Bitcoin friendliness and cost vary by city even inside the same country.

Kigali

~$1,250/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 2/5

Musanze

~$850/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 2/5

Gisenyi (Rubavu)

~$1,100/mo facial recognition unlikely₿ crypto 2/5

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Country-level estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.