Life expectancy at birth, total in Rwanda
Rwanda: Life expectancy at birth, total was 68.02 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Rwanda, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy at birth, total in Rwanda is 68.02 years, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Rwanda peaked at 68.02 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12.16 years, in 1994.
Rwanda ranks 165th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 47.39 years | 44 years | 48.2 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 46.12 years | 45.31 years | 47.12 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 50.52 years | 48.12 years | 51.71 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.83 years | 12.16 years | 47.76 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 55.49 years | 47.8 years | 61.81 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.05 years | 62.8 years | 66.69 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.43 years | 66.85 years | 68.02 years | 5 |
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- 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)
- Population ages 15-64, female 4.43 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 5.39 million (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 180,330 (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 birth, total in Rwanda?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Rwanda was 68.02 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 68.02 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.16 years in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Rwanda ranks 165th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.