Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Rwanda

Infant mortality rate in Rwanda in 2024 — 29.4 per 1,000. Ranked 149 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 76.1%.

2024 29.4 per 1,000 −2.33% vs 2023
World rank 149of 196
Period maximum 212.9 per 1,0001994
Period minimum 29.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Rwanda, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 123.2 per 1,0001962: 117 per 1,0001964: 113.8 per 1,0001966: 113.2 per 1,0001968: 114.2 per 1,0001970: 116.4 per 1,0001972: 119.3 per 1,0001974: 124.7 per 1,0001976: 130.7 per 1,0001978: 129.7 per 1,0001980: 117.1 per 1,0001982: 101.7 per 1,0001984: 92.6 per 1,0001986: 88.1 per 1,0001988: 84.9 per 1,0001990: 86.9 per 1,0001992: 101.5 per 1,0001994: 212.9 per 1,0001996: 129 per 1,0001998: 124.4 per 1,0002000: 108.1 per 1,0002002: 88.7 per 1,0002004: 71.1 per 1,0002006: 58.1 per 1,0002008: 49.1 per 1,0002010: 42.6 per 1,0002012: 37.4 per 1,0002014: 34.7 per 1,0002016: 33.2 per 1,0002018: 32.2 per 1,0002020: 31.3 per 1,0002022: 30.5 per 1,0002024: 29.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −93.8 (−76.14%) Average annual rate: -2.21 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Rwanda 29.4 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 42.8 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 29.4 −0.7 −2.33%
2023 30.1 −0.4 −1.31%
2022 30.5 −0.4 −1.29%
2021 30.9 −0.4 −1.28%
2020 31.3 −0.4 −1.26%
2019 31.7 −0.5 −1.55%
2018 32.2 −0.5 −1.53%
2017 32.7 −0.5 −1.51%
2016 33.2 −0.7 −2.06%
2015 33.9 −0.8 −2.31%
2014 34.7 −1.2 −3.34%
2013 35.9 −1.5 −4.01%
2012 37.4 −1.9 −4.83%
2011 39.3 −3.3 −7.75%
2010 42.6 −3.1 −6.78%
2009 45.7 −3.4 −6.92%
2008 49.1 −4.1 −7.71%
2007 53.2 −4.9 −8.43%
2006 58.1 −5.9 −9.22%
2005 64 −7.1 −9.99%
2004 71.1 −8.4 −10.57%
2003 79.5 −9.2 −10.37%
2002 88.7 −9.7 −9.86%
2001 98.4 −9.7 −8.97%
2000 108.1 −9 −7.69%
1999 117.1 −7.3 −5.87%
1998 124.4 −4.1 −3.19%
1997 128.5 −0.5 −0.39%
1996 129 +2.5 +1.98%
1995 126.5 −86.4 −40.58%
1994 212.9 +101.4 +90.94%
1993 111.5 +10 +9.85%
1992 101.5 +8.9 +9.61%
1991 92.6 +5.7 +6.56%
1990 86.9 +2.1 +2.48%
1989 84.8 −0.1 −0.12%
1988 84.9 −1.3 −1.51%
1987 86.2 −1.9 −2.16%
1986 88.1 −2.2 −2.44%
1985 90.3 −2.3 −2.48%
1984 92.6 −3.4 −3.54%
1983 96 −5.7 −5.6%
1982 101.7 −7.3 −6.7%
1981 109 −8.1 −6.92%
1980 117.1 −7.3 −5.87%
1979 124.4 −5.3 −4.09%
1978 129.7 −2 −1.52%
1977 131.7 +1 +0.77%
1976 130.7 +2.7 +2.11%
1975 128 +3.3 +2.65%
1974 124.7 +3 +2.47%
1973 121.7 +2.4 +2.01%
1972 119.3 +1.5 +1.27%
1971 117.8 +1.4 +1.2%
1970 116.4 +1.2 +1.04%
1969 115.2 +1 +0.88%
1968 114.2 +0.7 +0.62%
1967 113.5 +0.3 +0.27%
1966 113.2 −0.1 −0.09%
1965 113.3 −0.5 −0.44%
1964 113.8 −1.2 −1.04%
1963 115 −2 −1.71%
1962 117 −2.7 −2.26%
1961 119.7 −3.5 −2.84%
1960 123.2

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.