Rwanda vs Tanzania
Rwanda vs Tanzania: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 26.1% in Rwanda and 49.6% in Tanzania, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Tanzania, by 23.5 percentage points, or 1.9 times that in Rwanda.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Tanzania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Rwanda ranked 116 and Tanzania ranked 61 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Rwanda | Tanzania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26.1 | 49.6 | – |
| 2023 | 25.5 | 50.2 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 24.9 | 50.7 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 24.3 | 51.2 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 22.8 | 51.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 22.2 | 52.2 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 21.6 | 52.7 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 21 | 53.2 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 20.4 | 53.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 19.8 | 54.3 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 19.2 | 54.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 18.6 | 55.2 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 18.1 | 55.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 17.5 | 56.1 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 16.9 | 56.6 | 32 |
| 2009 | 16.8 | 57 | 32 |
| 2008 | 16.8 | 57.5 | 32 |
| 2007 | 16.8 | 57.9 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 16.8 | 58.4 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 16.7 | 58.8 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 16.7 | 59.3 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 16.7 | 59.8 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 16.6 | 60.2 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 16.6 | 60.7 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 16.6 | 61.1 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 16.7 | 61.6 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 16.8 | 62 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 16.9 | 62.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 17 | 62.9 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 17.2 | 63.4 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 17.3 | 63.8 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 17.4 | 64.3 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 17.5 | 64.8 | 33 |
| 1991 | 17.6 | 65.2 | – |
| 1990 | 17.7 | 65.7 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Rwanda vs Tanzania
Health
- Life expectancyRwanda: 67.8 years in 2023Tanzania: 67 years in 2023
- Child mortalityRwanda: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024Tanzania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityRwanda: 27.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tanzania: 28.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionRwanda: 3.87% in 2017Tanzania: 3.69% in 2017
- Suicide rateRwanda: 11 per 100,000 people in 2017Tanzania: 8.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationRwanda: 14 million people in 2023Tanzania: 66.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthRwanda: 2.18% a year in 2023Tanzania: 2.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateRwanda: 3.7 births per woman in 2023Tanzania: 4.61 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationRwanda: 30.9% in 2025Tanzania: 36.9% in 2025
- Median ageRwanda: 19.4 years in 2023Tanzania: 17.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overRwanda: 3.8% in 2023Tanzania: 3% in 2023
- Net migration rateRwanda: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Tanzania: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingRwanda: 1.29% of GDP in 2025Tanzania: 1.16% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsRwanda: $194M in 2025Tanzania: $983M in 2025
- Military spending per personRwanda: $13 in 2025Tanzania: $15 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingRwanda: 4.7% of government spending in 2025Tanzania: 5.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelRwanda: 35,000 people in 2020Tanzania: 28,000 people in 2020
- National powerRwanda: 0.07% of world capability in 2022Tanzania: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersRwanda: 0.7% of the labour force in 2020Tanzania: 0.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsRwanda: 37 million TIV in 2023Tanzania: 4 million TIV in 2025