Abstract
This study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor force and advocated the main strategies to be implemented to restore the affected areas of labor force in Rwanda. The study was guided by three objectives: to explore the status of labor force trends before and during COVID-19 in Rwanda and its implications to the Rwandan economy, to assess the factors that led to reduction in labor force in Rwanda, and thirdly, to determine the strategies to recommend the Government of Rwanda (GoR) to restore the affected labor force sub-sector in the post-COVID-19 period. The trend analyses of the labor force before and during COVID-19 pandemic were drawn and revealed that there were changes in labor force before and during COVID-19 pandemic. Statistics were employed to the data set from National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR). The multiple regression model was used to express the GDP as a function of employment rate and unemployment rate reveals that the unemployment rate has governed the period of COVID-19 pandemic, and it was statistically significant in contributing negatively to GDP.
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