Rwanda

Child mortality in Rwanda

Child mortality in Rwanda: 25 per 100 live births in 1954 and 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
3.8 per 100 live births
Since 1954
−21.2 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
46 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in RwandaChild mortality in Rwanda: 25 per 100 live births in 1954 and 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 38.9 per 100 live births in 1994, the lowest 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 38.9 per 100 live births in 1994, the lowest 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearRwandaWorld
20243.83.7
20233.93.8
202244
20214.14
20204.23.9
20194.34
20184.44
20174.54.1
20164.64.2
20154.74.3
20144.94.4
20135.14.5
20125.44.7
20115.85
20106.35.1
20096.95.3
20087.65.5
20078.45.7
20069.36
200510.56.2
200411.86.6
200313.36.8
200214.97.1
200116.77.4
200018.47.7
199920.17.9
199821.48.3
199722.18.4
199622.28.6
199521.88.8
199438.98.9
199319.39.1
199217.69.2
1991169.3
199015.19.4
198914.79.5
198814.810
198715.19.9
198615.610.3
198516.110.6
198416.710.9
198317.511.1
198218.711.2
198120.211.6
198021.911.9
197923.511.9
197824.612.3
197725.112.6
19762512.8
197524.513.1
197423.913.3
197323.313.5
197222.813.7
197122.413.9
19702214.2
196921.714.6
196821.415
196721.115.3
196620.915.1
196520.715.1
196420.715.7
196320.816.2
19622117
196121.318.8
196021.820.2
195922.419.9
195823.119.7
195723.820.5
195624.621.3
195524.522.3
19542522.8
1953–23.3
1952–23.9
1951–24.3
1950–24.7
1949–24.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
1863–42.5
1862–42.6
1861–42.9
1860–42.9
1859–43.7
1858–43.8
1857–44.2
1856–44.2
1855–44
1854–43.7
1853–43.2
1852–42.9
1851–42.4
1850–42
1849–42.3
1848–42.3
1847–42.2
1846–42.4
1845–42
1844–42.1
1843–42.1
1842–42.2
1841–42.1
1840–42.1
1839–42.1
1838–42.2
1837–42.2
1836–42.2
1835–42.2
1834–42.3
1833–42.2
1832–42.2
1831–42.2
1830–42.2
1829–42.1
1828–42.1
1827–42.1
1826–42.1
1825–42.1
1824–42.1
1823–42.1
1822–42.1
1821–42.1
1820–42.1
1819–42.2
1818–42.2
1817–42.2
1816–42.2
1815–42.2
1814–42.3
1813–42.3
1812–42.4
1811–42.4
1810–42.5
1809–42.5
1808–42.5
1807–42.5
1806–42.6
1805–42.6
1804–42.6
1803–42.6
1802–42.7
1801–42.7
1800–42.8

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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