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Rwanda – Life Expectancy

Name: Rwanda Life Expectancy
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank

67.8 +0.3 from 2022 G20 rank: 166th · all-time high: 67.8 (2023)

APA

Rwanda Life Expectancy. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/rwanda/life-expectancy

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_rwanda_life-expectancy,
  title = {Rwanda Life Expectancy},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/rwanda/life-expectancy},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	68.5	–	–
2025* trend	68.3	–	–
2023	67.8	+0.3	166th
2022	67.5	+0.7	166th
2021	66.9	−0.1	160th
2020	67.0	+0.3	163rd
2019	66.7	+0.3	167th
2018	66.4	+0.2	167th
2017	66.1	+0.4	166th
2016	65.7	+0.3	167th
2015	65.4	+0.3	167th
2014	65.1	+0.4	171st
2013	64.7	+0.5	172nd
2012	64.2	+0.7	173rd
2011	63.5	+0.7	173rd
2010	62.8	+1.0	175th
2009	61.8	+1.2	177th
2008	60.6	+1.1	178th
2007	59.5	+1.2	181st
2006	58.3	+1.4	186th
2005	57.0	+1.4	187th
2004	55.5	+2.0	189th
2003	53.5	+2.3	192nd
2002	51.3	+1.8	201st
2001	49.5	+1.7	204th
2000	47.8	+2.0	206th
1999	45.7	+2.7	211th
1998	43.1	+1.1	214th
1997	42.0	−0.5	215th
1996	42.5	+1.0	215th
1995	41.5	+29.4	215th
1994	12.2	−30.8	216th
1993	42.9	−1.5	213th
1992	44.4	−1.8	209th
1991	46.2	−1.5	204th
1990	47.8	−1.7	199th
1989	49.5	−1.4	194th
1988	50.9	−0.6	192nd
1987	51.5	−0.2	189th
1986	51.7	+0.0	187th
1985	51.7	+0.3	185th
1984	51.4	+0.5	184th
1983	50.9	+0.8	184th
1982	50.2	+1.0	184th
1981	49.2	+1.1	188th
1980	48.1	+1.0	192nd
1979	47.1	+0.9	193rd
1978	46.2	+0.6	193rd
1977	45.6	+0.3	194th
1976	45.3	−0.0	190th
1975	45.3	−0.2	191st
1974	45.6	−0.4	188th
1973	45.9	−0.4	187th
1972	46.3	−0.4	184th
1971	46.8	−0.4	181st
1970	47.1	−0.3	177th
1969	47.4	−0.3	174th
1968	47.7	−0.3	173rd
1967	48.0	−0.1	169th
1966	48.1	−0.1	167th
1965	48.2	+0.1	163rd
1964	48.1	+4.1	157th
1963	44.0	−3.8	178th
1962	47.8	+0.3	155th
1961	47.5	+0.4	152nd
1960	47.0	–	151st

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Orthodox Tightening Cycle

Inflation above 40%, lending rate above 30%, rate-inflation gap narrowing, reserves stable or rising. Signals credible monetary tightening.

Inflation 19.8% Rate 16.1% Gap -3.7pp Reserves YoY +6.3%

This pattern occurred 271 times in G20 history, 157 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Rate

19.4%

Gap

-8.8pp

Reserves YoY

+2.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Rate

61.7%

Gap

-158.2pp

Reserves YoY

+28.1%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Rate

24.3%

Gap

-4.0pp

Reserves YoY

+35.8%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2023

Inflation

33.9%

Rate

17.8%

Gap

-16.1pp

Reserves YoY

+2.9%

Gambia, The 2023

Inflation

17.0%

Rate

20.8%

Gap

+3.8pp

Reserves YoY

+1.5%

Hungary 2023

Inflation

17.1%

Rate

15.3%

Gap

-1.8pp

Reserves YoY

+10.9%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

Rwanda matched the Orthodox Tightening Cycle pattern in 2023. Historically, 58% of countries showing this pattern (157 out of 271) saw life expectancy improve within 24 months. View full analysis →