Carbon credit projects in Rwanda

Registry records list 225 carbon credit projects in Rwanda, most of them energy efficiency. Together they have issued 21,399,217 tonnes and retired 7,917,033.

Key figures

Projects

225

Registries

2

Credits issued

21,399,217 t

Credits retired

7,917,033 t

Source: Registry records · Data as of 1 June 2026

By registry

By category

  • Energy Efficiency 113
  • Not specified 101
  • Renewable Energy 5
  • Forest 3
  • Ghg Management 2
  • Agriculture 1

Rwanda and Article 6

Bilateral agreements
3
Authority for the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
Appointed
Participation requirements for the Mechanism
Published
Cooperative approaches
2
Article 6.2 activities
14
Crediting Mechanism activities approved by the host
2
Crediting Mechanism activities registered
0

Country-level facts from UN tracking. Whether a particular project is authorised is not shown here.

Source: UN Article 6 tracking (Article 6 Pipeline, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre) · Data as of 4 September 2026

What these figures mean

Most used methodologies

Hazard context

Wildfire
High
River flood
High
Drought
Medium

Levels for the country as a whole, not for any one project site.

Source: ThinkHazard hazard assessments · Levels read 25 September 2026

Projects

Largest issuance first.

GS1247 VPA 106 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

42.0K

issued tCO₂e

GS1247 VPA 107 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

41.9K

issued tCO₂e

GS1247 VPA 56 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

41.9K

issued tCO₂e

GS1247 VPA 57 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

41.9K

issued tCO₂e

GS1247 VPA 59 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

41.6K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA36 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyungwe Rainforest Cookstove Project IV

Gold Standard · Rwanda

41.4K

issued tCO₂e

GS1247 VPA 58 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

41.3K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA21 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyagatare Safe Water Project I

Gold Standard · Rwanda

41.1K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA3 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Virunga Mountain Gorilla Cookstove Project RubavuI

Gold Standard · Rwanda

41.0K

issued tCO₂e

GS1247 VPA 60 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

41.0K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA23 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyagatare Safe Water Project III

Gold Standard · Rwanda

40.9K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA2 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Virunga Mountain Gorilla Cookstove Project Nyabihu I

Gold Standard · Rwanda

40.6K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA34 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyungwe Rainforest Cookstove Project II

Gold Standard · Rwanda

40.4K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA24 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyagatare Safe Water Project IV

Gold Standard · Rwanda

40.3K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA25 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyagatare Safe Water Project V

Gold Standard · Rwanda

40.0K

issued tCO₂e

GS11638 VPA-1 SPOUTS Water Purifier Programme in Africa- WPS in Rwanda- VPA 1

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

38.7K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA22 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyagatare Safe Water Project II

Gold Standard · Rwanda

38.2K

issued tCO₂e

GS4424 VPA3 African Cookstoves and Water Programme

Gold Standard · Rwanda

37.1K

issued tCO₂e

GS4424 VPA2 African Cookstoves and Water Prorgamme

Gold Standard · Rwanda

37.0K

issued tCO₂e

GS4424 VPA5 African Cookstoves and Water Programme

Gold Standard · Rwanda

37.0K

issued tCO₂e

GS4424 VPA1 African Cookstoves and Water Programme

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

36.7K

issued tCO₂e

GS4424 VPA4 African Cookstoves and Water Programme

Gold Standard · Rwanda

36.7K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA1 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Virunga Mountain Gorilla Cookstove Project Burera I

Gold Standard · Rwanda

35.8K

issued tCO₂e

GS5047 VPA32 African Improved Cookstoves and Clean Water Programme: Nyagatare Safe Water Project XII

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

35.7K

issued tCO₂e

GS1247 VPA 64 Improved Kitchen Regimes: Kayonza District Borehole Project Rwanda

Gold Standard · Rwanda · Energy Efficiency

35.5K

issued tCO₂e

Questions about Rwanda

How many carbon credit projects are in Rwanda?

225, as of 1 June 2026.

Has Rwanda signed Article 6 agreements?

3 bilateral agreements, as of 4 September 2026.

Which methodologies are most used in Rwanda?

GS-TPDDTEC (79), GS-DRINKING-WATER (11), AMS-II-G (10).

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Registry data as of June 1, 2026