Health in Rwanda

341 indicators covering health for Rwanda.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 36,911 2025 up 49.9% 110th
Population ages 80 and above, female 44,186 2025 up 56.3% 110th
Population ages 80 and above, male 22,637 2025 up 27.6% 117th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 4.7% 2024 down 11.3% 90th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 5.4% 2024 down 10.0% 90th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 5.1% 2024 down 10.5% 90th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 27.0% 2024 down 23.3% 30th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 32.6% 2024 down 21.4% 24th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 29.8% 2024 down 22.4% 29th
Hospital beds 0.75 per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.6% 149th
Tuberculosis death rate 2.4 per 100,000 people 2024 down 54.7% 105th
Incidence of tuberculosis 62 per 100,000 people 2024 down 8.8% 82nd
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 87.8% 2024 up 7.6% 157th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 56.4% 2024 down 3.8% 148th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.5% 2024 down 46.4% 61st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 55.6% 2024 up 10.3% 155th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 86.8% 2024 up 27.4% 83rd
People using at least basic drinking water services 61.4% 2024 up 10.3% 204th
People practicing open defecation, rural 1.3% 2024 down 45.7% 77th
People using at least basic sanitation services 81.3% 2024 up 22.2% 149th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 96.0% 2024 up 28.0% 32nd
People practicing open defecation 1.1% 2024 down 46.2% 79th
Current health expenditure 5.1% 2023 down 24.3% 123rd
Current health expenditure per capita 52.66 current US$ 2023 up 10.3% 173rd
Out-of-pocket expenditure 4.1% 2023 down 66.7% 187th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 2.16 current US$ 2023 down 63.3% 192nd
Domestic general government health expenditure 47.0% 2023 up 46.7% 116th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 83.25 current international $ 2023 up 153.4% 151st
Domestic private health expenditure 16.0% 2023 down 31.0% 167th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 177.01 current international $ 2023 up 72.8% 162nd
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 8.41 current US$ 2023 down 24.0% 186th
Immunization, Hib3 98.0% 2024 unchanged 20th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 3.77 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 23.3% 46th
Reported cases of measles 53 Cases 2024 up 430.0% 90th
Child mortality by income level of country 3.77 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 23.3% 46th
Number of infant deaths 11,626 2024 down 7.3% 49th
Number of under-five deaths 14,910 2024 down 15.7% 47th
Number of neonatal deaths 6,938 2024 down 6.8% 49th
Child mortality vs. health spending 3.77 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 23.3% 46th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 97.0% 2024 unchanged 33rd
Adolescent fertility rate 30.59 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 23.1% 104th
Sex ratio at birth 1.03 male births per female births 2024 down 0.1% 205th
Domestic general government health expenditure 8.9% 2023 up 7.5% 113th
External health expenditure 37.0% 2023 down 17.4% 17th
External health expenditure per capita 19.48 current US$ 2023 down 8.9% 35th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 65.49 current international $ 2023 up 42.8% 22nd
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 16.1% 2023 up 14.2% 165th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 15.5% 2023 up 16.5% 173rd
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 23.9% 2023 up 6.7% 148th
Stillbirth rate 16.2 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 11.0% 42nd
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 88,000 2024 down 53.7% 24th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 67.78 years 2023 up 4.8% 185th
Prevalence of undernourishment 24.4% 2023 down 31.7% 16th
Immunization, measles second dose 93.0% 2024 up 6.9% 45th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 96.0% 2024 up 65.5% 2nd
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 90.0% 2023 up 5.9% 48th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 30.9% 2019 down 6.1% 147th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 28.5% 2019 down 12.3% 179th
Prevalence of hypertension 29.8% 2019 down 9.1% 164th
Treatment for hypertension, female 11.4% 2019 up 58.3% 192nd