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Rwanda

Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income · capital Kigali

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

68.0years

Ranks 167 of 217 in 2024

9% below world median · 6% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

37.7per 1,000 live births

Ranks 151 of 196 in 2024

1.5× above world median · 23% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

229per 100,000 live births

Ranks 161 of 194 in 2023

3.9× above world median · 11% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2020 · 6 years old

33.1% of under-5s

Ranks 20 of 26 in 2020

79% above world median · 9% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 26 countries reporting in 2020 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

5.13% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

19% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

3.65births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

92% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2022 · 4 years old

78.8% of adults 15+

Ranks 33 of 45 in 2022

13% below world median · 25% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

149.6% gross

Ranks 2 of 134 in 2024

50% above world median · 52% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2024 · 2 years old

4.61% of GDP

Ranks 17 of 40 in 2024

8% above world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 40 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

1,124current US$

Ranks 172 of 186 in 2025

86% below world median · 17% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

4,164international $

Ranks 162 of 185 in 2025

79% below world median · 6% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

38.6% of population

Ranks 57 of 57 in 2023

41.9× above world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

39.4index, 0–100

Ranks 41 of 57 in 2023

16% above world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

11.4% of labour force

Ranks 154 of 182 in 2025

1.2× above world median · 1.2× above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

5.9% per year

Not ranked — no better end

94% above world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.25% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

21% below world median · about the same Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

72.0% of population

Ranks 176 of 215 in 2024

28% below world median · 25% above Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

31.7% of population

Ranks 163 of 182 in 2024

61% below world median · 14% below Sub-Saharan Africa

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.16t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

94% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

14.6mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

1.2× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Rwanda has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.

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