Number of infant deaths in Rwanda
Rwanda: Number of infant deaths was 11,626 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Rwanda, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 11,626 for number of infant deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Rwanda peaked at 68,713 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 11,626, in 2024.
That places Rwanda 49th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,860 | 18,139 | 20,525 | 10 |
| 1970s | 27,584 | 21,531 | 32,659 | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,593 | 27,085 | 31,818 | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,238 | 27,867 | 68,713 | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,203 | 16,624 | 36,531 | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,018 | 12,338 | 15,369 | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,926 | 11,626 | 12,206 | 5 |
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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 number of infant deaths in Rwanda?
- Number of infant deaths in Rwanda was 11,626 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 68,713 in 1994.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,626 in 2024.
- How does Rwanda rank for number of infant deaths?
- Rwanda ranks 49th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.