Myanmar vs Rwanda: Life expectancy at birth, female

Myanmar

70.38 years

in 2024

Rwanda

70.14 years

in 2024

Myanmar rank

170th

Rwanda rank

172nd

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Myanmar
Rwanda

How they compare

Myanmar currently reports 70.38 years against 70.14 years in Rwanda, a difference of 0.24 years.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Myanmar ranks 170th and Rwanda ranks 172nd of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Myanmar
Life expectancy at birth, female in Rwanda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.