Labour Force Survey (quarterly)

The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is a quarterly household survey conducted by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) that measures the labour market characteristics of Rwanda's working-age population. Key indicators include the unemployment rate, labour force participation rate, employment-to-population ratio, and working poverty rate, disaggregated by sex (male, female, total) and area (urban, rural, national). The survey has been conducted quarterly since Q1 2017.

SCHEMA · 5 columns

COLUMN	TYPE	DESCRIPTION	UNIT
date	date	First day of reference quarter	-
indicator	string	LFS indicator name (e.g. unemployment_rate, labour_force_participation_rate)	-
value	float64	Indicator value (rate as decimal 0–1, or count in thousands)	varies
sex	string	Disaggregation by sex (total, male, female)	-
area	string	Urban/rural/national breakdown	-

ACCESS

import imibare as imi

df = imi.load("rw.nisr.lfs.quarterly")
print(df.head())

import duckdb

duckdb.sql("""
    ATTACH 'https://catalog.cloudflarestorage.com/imibare-data'
    AS imi (TYPE ICEBERG, READ_ONLY)
""")

duckdb.sql("SELECT * FROM imi.rw_nisr_lfs_quarterly LIMIT 10").show()

curl -L "https://api.imibare.org/v1/data/rw.nisr.lfs.quarterly/download" \
  -o "rw.nisr.lfs.quarterly.parquet"

# List all datasets
curl "https://api.imibare.org/v1/datasets"

# Get metadata for this dataset
curl "https://api.imibare.org/v1/datasets/rw.nisr.lfs.quarterly"