Rwanda vs Uganda: Life expectancy at birth, male

Rwanda

65.71 years

in 2024

Uganda

65.49 years

in 2024

Rwanda rank

164th

Uganda rank

165th

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

Rwanda
Uganda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 65.71 years against 65.49 years in Uganda, a difference of 0.221 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Rwanda ranks 164th and Uganda ranks 165th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, male in Rwanda
Life expectancy at birth, male in Uganda
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, male (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.