Rwanda vs Uganda: Life expectancy at birth, total

Rwanda

68.02 years

in 2024

Uganda

68.49 years

in 2024

Rwanda rank

165th

Uganda rank

164th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

Rwanda
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 68.49 years against 68.02 years in Rwanda, a difference of 0.47 years.

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

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

Individual pages

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

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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.