Life expectancy at age 15 in Rwanda
Rwanda: Life expectancy at age 15 was 81.12 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Rwanda, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 81.12 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Rwanda peaked at 81.12 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 21.93 years, in 1994.
That places Rwanda 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 62.09 years | 61.5 years | 62.84 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 62.94 years | 59.59 years | 63.48 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 62.84 years | 62.52 years | 63.43 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 63.09 years | 60.24 years | 64.07 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 52.97 years | 21.93 years | 58.74 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 64.04 years | 60.16 years | 67.25 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.05 years | 67.84 years | 70.05 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 70.91 years | 70.01 years | 71.57 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 72.28 years | 71.71 years | 72.84 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 73.54 years | 72.96 years | 74.11 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 74.88 years | 74.25 years | 75.5 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 76.25 years | 75.64 years | 76.87 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 77.62 years | 77 years | 78.23 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 78.99 years | 78.36 years | 79.62 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 80.38 years | 79.76 years | 80.99 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 81.12 years | 81.12 years | 81.12 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 176 Solomon Islands 81.28 years compare
- 177 Guyana 81.26 years compare
- 178 Philippines 81.19 years compare
- 180 Turkmenistan 81.11 years compare
- 181 Niue 80.75 years compare
- 182 Gabon 80.71 years compare
More health data for Rwanda
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 180,149 (2025)
- Population, male 48.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 181,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 184,211 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 180,330 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 4.43 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 5.39 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 182,261 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 178,700 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 171,123 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Rwanda?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Rwanda was 81.12 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 81.12 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.93 years in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Rwanda ranks 179th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.