What it is
The Rwanda Housing Index follows what land in Rwanda has actually sold for, district by district. It replaced the old market prices page and sits at one address, with the old link redirecting to it.
What it measures
The index is built from the prices the National Land Authority (NLA) records on its Rwanda Land Dashboard. Those prices are annual, so the index moves by year, not by month. Set 2019 to 100, and the national line stood at about 163 in 2026 to date. That is a nominal average, not a forecast, and the current year is incomplete until it closes.
Asking prices from Ziinga's own listings sit beside it, labelled as asking prices, because what sellers hope for and what land sold for are different questions. The post on the three kinds of price explains the difference.
What it will not show
An index built on very few sales is noise. The public view does not publish a group of properties with fewer than three observations, and where Ziinga's own history is too short to compare months, the page says so rather than drawing a line.
The method is public
A number you cannot check is only an opinion. The page links a methodology paper you can download: how each series is built, which source feeds it, and which figures are still being collected. Nothing on the page is estimated and presented as recorded.
How to use it
- Compare two districts side by side before you shortlist where to buy.
- Check whether the district you are looking at has risen faster or slower than the national line.
- Read a plot's asking price against the area's recorded price on its area page, or value one on its own with Ziinga Value.