Health in Rwanda

341 indicators covering health for Rwanda.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Treatment for hypertension, male 9.7% 2019 up 64.4% 192nd
Treatment for hypertension 10.6% 2019 up 60.6% 192nd
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 1,803 2024 down 40.0% 71st
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 338 2024 down 70.2% 58th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 513 2024 down 61.4% 57th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 241 2024 down 67.0% 65th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 383 2024 down 52.5% 64th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 676 2024 down 47.1% 67th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 1,127 2024 down 34.7% 70th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 435 2024 down 20.6% 67th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 744 2024 down 19.2% 70th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 583 2024 down 20.6% 62nd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 866 2024 down 15.8% 75th
Prevalence of HIV, total 2.0% 2024 down 39.4% 18th
Number of people who are undernourished 3.40 million 2023 down 15.0% 32nd
External health expenditure channeled through government 60.0% 2023 down 16.5% 52nd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 18.5% 2021 down 4.6% 72nd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.9% 2021 down 4.8% 85th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 20.0% 2021 down 4.3% 84th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.3 per 100,000 population 2021 down 6.5% 34th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 1.11 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 7.5% 25th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.5 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.7% 42nd
Suicide mortality rate, female 4.77 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 10.2% 59th
Suicide mortality rate, male 12.8 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 15.2% 71st
Suicide mortality rate 8.68 per 100,000 population 2021 up 14.1% 68th
Nurses and midwives 1.11 per 1,000 people 2022 up 72.5% 156th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 1.07 2020 up 132.6% 117th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 2.87 2020 up 129.6% 118th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 4.83 2020 up 126.8% 118th
Low-birthweight babies 9.4% 2020 up 2.3% 89th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 17.3% 2022 down 23.1% 57th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 75.0% 2022 down 12.3% 20th
People using safely managed drinking water services, urban 53.4% 2024 up 29.1% 72nd
Prevalence of anemia among children 37.9% 2019 down 9.5% 66th
Births attended by skilled health staff 94.2% 2020 up 36.5% 114th
Adults (ages 15+) living with HIV 230,000 2024 unchanged 24th
Prevalence of current tobacco use 10.1% 2024 down 45.4% 132nd
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 5.7% 2024 down 43.6% 87th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 14.5% 2024 down 46.1% 139th
Physicians 0.09 per 1,000 people 2022 up 597.7% 184th
Life satisfaction vs. child mortality 3.27 2021 down 22.3% 154th
People using safely managed sanitation services, rural 64.3% 2024 up 27.4% 31st
Adults (ages 15+) and children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 2,600 2024 down 65.3% 52nd
AIDS estimated deaths 2,800 UNAIDS estimates 2024 down 42.9% 35th
Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 177.01 current international $ 2023 up 72.8% 162nd
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 7.26 current international $ 2023 down 42.4% 191st
Domestic general government health expenditure 2.4% 2023 up 11.0% 117th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 28.27 current international $ 2023 up 19.1% 179th
Share of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare 4.1% 2023 down 66.7% 187th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 24.76 current US$ 2023 up 61.7% 155th
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 47.0% 2023 up 46.7% 116th
Adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV 2,100 2024 down 66.1% 49th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 18.5% 2024 up 61.5% 107th
Number of stillbirths 6,505 2023 down 2.5% 48th
Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV 800 2024 down 65.2% 47th
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 5.1% 2023 down 24.3% 124th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rur 16.0% 2024 up 68.0% 93rd
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urb 29.4% 2024 up 42.5% 94th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 38.9% 2021 down 25.8% 51st
Cause of death, by injury 9.3% 2021 down 2.2% 33rd