Rwanda
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Global rank#166out of 217 countries
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Historical trend

65.752.138.625.011.4196019922024Rwanda · 2024: 65.71 yearsRwanda

Analytical takeaways

  • Rwanda records 65.71 years for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in 2024, ranking #166 globally out of 217 countries.
  • Life expectancy at birth, male (years) increased from 46.48 years in 1960 to 65.71 years in 2024, a gain of 19.23 years.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

Comparison

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