Rwanda vs Sudan: Life expectancy at birth, female

Rwanda

70.14 years

in 2024

Sudan

69.83 years

in 2024

Rwanda rank

172nd

Sudan rank

174th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Rwanda
Sudan

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 70.14 years against 69.83 years in Sudan, a difference of 0.313 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sudan ahead.

Globally, Rwanda ranks 172nd and Sudan ranks 174th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Rwanda
Life expectancy at birth, female in Sudan
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.