Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Rwanda

Under-five mortality rate in Rwanda in 2024 — 37.7 per 1,000. Ranked 151 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 82.7%.

2024 37.7 per 1,000 −2.84% vs 2023
World rank 151of 196
Period maximum 389 per 1,0001994
Period minimum 37.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Rwanda, 1960–2024010020030040019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 217.7 per 1,0001962: 209.6 per 1,0001964: 207 per 1,0001966: 208.8 per 1,0001968: 213.6 per 1,0001970: 220.3 per 1,0001972: 227.8 per 1,0001974: 239 per 1,0001976: 250.2 per 1,0001978: 246.2 per 1,0001980: 219 per 1,0001982: 186.6 per 1,0001984: 166.6 per 1,0001986: 155.7 per 1,0001988: 148.1 per 1,0001990: 150.7 per 1,0001992: 175.6 per 1,0001994: 389 per 1,0001996: 222.3 per 1,0001998: 213.9 per 1,0002000: 184.2 per 1,0002002: 149.1 per 1,0002004: 117.5 per 1,0002006: 93.4 per 1,0002008: 76 per 1,0002010: 63.3 per 1,0002012: 54.2 per 1,0002014: 49.2 per 1,0002016: 45.8 per 1,0002018: 43.7 per 1,0002020: 41.6 per 1,0002022: 39.7 per 1,0002024: 37.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −180 (−82.68%) Average annual rate: -2.7 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Rwanda 37.7 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 49.6 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 37.7 −1.1 −2.84%
2023 38.8 −0.9 −2.27%
2022 39.7 −0.9 −2.22%
2021 40.6 −1 −2.4%
2020 41.6 −1.1 −2.58%
2019 42.7 −1 −2.29%
2018 43.7 −1 −2.24%
2017 44.7 −1.1 −2.4%
2016 45.8 −1.5 −3.17%
2015 47.3 −1.9 −3.86%
2014 49.2 −2.2 −4.28%
2013 51.4 −2.8 −5.17%
2012 54.2 −3.9 −6.71%
2011 58.1 −5.2 −8.21%
2010 63.3 −5.8 −8.39%
2009 69.1 −6.9 −9.08%
2008 76 −8.1 −9.63%
2007 84.1 −9.3 −9.96%
2006 93.4 −11.1 −10.62%
2005 104.5 −13 −11.06%
2004 117.5 −15.2 −11.45%
2003 132.7 −16.4 −11%
2002 149.1 −17.4 −10.45%
2001 166.5 −17.7 −9.61%
2000 184.2 −16.4 −8.18%
1999 200.6 −13.3 −6.22%
1998 213.9 −7.5 −3.39%
1997 221.4 −0.9 −0.4%
1996 222.3 +3.9 +1.79%
1995 218.4 −170.6 −43.86%
1994 389 +196.2 +101.76%
1993 192.8 +17.2 +9.79%
1992 175.6 +15.2 +9.48%
1991 160.4 +9.7 +6.44%
1990 150.7 +3.4 +2.31%
1989 147.3 −0.8 −0.54%
1988 148.1 −3.2 −2.12%
1987 151.3 −4.4 −2.83%
1986 155.7 −5.2 −3.23%
1985 160.9 −5.7 −3.42%
1984 166.6 −7.9 −4.53%
1983 174.5 −12.1 −6.48%
1982 186.6 −15.4 −7.62%
1981 202 −17 −7.76%
1980 219 −15.6 −6.65%
1979 234.6 −11.6 −4.71%
1978 246.2 −5.1 −2.03%
1977 251.3 +1.1 +0.44%
1976 250.2 +4.8 +1.96%
1975 245.4 +6.4 +2.68%
1974 239 +6 +2.58%
1973 233 +5.2 +2.28%
1972 227.8 +3.8 +1.7%
1971 224 +3.7 +1.68%
1970 220.3 +3.5 +1.61%
1969 216.8 +3.2 +1.5%
1968 213.6 +2.6 +1.23%
1967 211 +2.2 +1.05%
1966 208.8 +1.4 +0.68%
1965 207.4 +0.4 +0.19%
1964 207 −0.6 −0.29%
1963 207.6 −2 −0.95%
1962 209.6 −3.4 −1.6%
1961 213 −4.7 −2.16%
1960 217.7

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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