Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Rwanda

Male life expectancy in Rwanda in 2024 — 65.71 years. Ranked 166 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 41.4%.

2024 65.71 years +0.33% vs 2023
World rank 166of 217
Period maximum 65.71 years2024
Period minimum 11.41 years1994

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Rwanda, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.48 years1962: 47.24 years1964: 47.55 years1966: 47.52 years1968: 47.16 years1970: 46.59 years1972: 45.92 years1974: 45.25 years1976: 44.9 years1978: 45.51 years1980: 47.17 years1982: 48.97 years1984: 50.05 years1986: 50.22 years1988: 49.45 years1990: 45.42 years1992: 41.84 years1994: 11.41 years1996: 40.61 years1998: 40.7 years2000: 46.49 years2002: 49.91 years2004: 54.1 years2006: 56.51 years2008: 58.48 years2010: 60.93 years2012: 62.23 years2014: 62.92 years2016: 63.48 years2018: 64.07 years2020: 64.64 years2022: 65.24 years2024: 65.71 years
Change over the period: +19.23 (+41.37%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Rwanda

Rwanda 65.71 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Eastern Africa computed 63.09 years
Low-income countries computed 62.79 years
Male life expectancy — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 65.71 +0.22 +0.33%
2023 65.49 +0.26 +0.39%
2022 65.24 +0.65 +1.01%
2021 64.59 −0.05 −0.08%
2020 64.64 +0.28 +0.44%
2019 64.36 +0.29 +0.45%
2018 64.07 +0.26 +0.41%
2017 63.81 +0.32 +0.51%
2016 63.48 +0.26 +0.41%
2015 63.23 +0.31 +0.49%
2014 62.92 +0.35 +0.55%
2013 62.57 +0.34 +0.54%
2012 62.23 +0.75 +1.23%
2011 61.48 +0.55 +0.91%
2010 60.93 +1.25 +2.09%
2009 59.68 +1.2 +2.05%
2008 58.48 +0.95 +1.65%
2007 57.53 +1.02 +1.8%
2006 56.51 +1.2 +2.18%
2005 55.31 +1.21 +2.24%
2004 54.1 +1.84 +3.52%
2003 52.26 +2.35 +4.7%
2002 49.91 +1.96 +4.08%
2001 47.96 +1.47 +3.16%
2000 46.49 +2.19 +4.94%
1999 44.3 +3.6 +8.85%
1998 40.7 +1.13 +2.86%
1997 39.56 −1.05 −2.58%
1996 40.61 +1.41 +3.59%
1995 39.2 +27.8 +243.71%
1994 11.41 −29.19 −71.91%
1993 40.6 −1.24 −2.97%
1992 41.84 −1.87 −4.29%
1991 43.71 −1.7 −3.75%
1990 45.42 −2.13 −4.48%
1989 47.55 −1.91 −3.85%
1988 49.45 −0.52 −1.04%
1987 49.97 −0.25 −0.49%
1986 50.22 −0.03 −0.06%
1985 50.25 +0.2 +0.41%
1984 50.05 +0.42 +0.85%
1983 49.62 +0.65 +1.33%
1982 48.97 +0.85 +1.77%
1981 48.12 +0.95 +2.01%
1980 47.17 +0.9 +1.94%
1979 46.27 +0.77 +1.68%
1978 45.51 +0.45 +1%
1977 45.06 +0.16 +0.35%
1976 44.9 −0.09 −0.19%
1975 44.99 −0.26 −0.57%
1974 45.25 −0.35 −0.76%
1973 45.59 −0.32 −0.71%
1972 45.92 −0.38 −0.81%
1971 46.29 −0.3 −0.65%
1970 46.59 −0.27 −0.58%
1969 46.87 −0.29 −0.62%
1968 47.16 −0.29 −0.61%
1967 47.45 −0.07 −0.15%
1966 47.52 −0.13 −0.26%
1965 47.65 +0.1 +0.21%
1964 47.55 +4.64 +10.82%
1963 42.9 −4.34 −9.18%
1962 47.24 +0.33 +0.71%
1961 46.91 +0.43 +0.93%
1960 46.48

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.