Rwanda - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Rwanda was 56.38 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.38 in 2010 and a minimum value of 28.53 in 1993.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 43.85
1961 44.14
1962 44.43
1963 44.70
1964 44.96
1965 45.19
1966 45.40
1967 45.57
1968 45.71
1969 45.83
1970 45.93
1971 46.01
1972 46.08
1973 46.16
1974 46.28
1975 46.49
1976 46.86
1977 47.41
1978 48.12
1979 48.91
1980 49.75
1981 50.55
1982 51.21
1983 51.59
1984 51.56
1985 50.85
1986 49.13
1987 46.40
1988 42.82
1989 38.70
1990 34.61
1991 31.24
1992 29.12
1993 28.53
1994 29.54
1995 31.94
1996 35.29
1997 38.93
1998 42.33
1999 45.21
2000 47.45
2001 49.07
2002 50.34
2003 51.45
2004 52.45
2005 53.36
2006 54.17
2007 54.87
2008 55.46
2009 55.96
2010 56.38

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Rwanda was 55.06 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55.06 in 2010 and a minimum value of 26.82 in 1993.

Definition: 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.

Source: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 42.22
1961 42.52
1962 42.80
1963 43.08
1964 43.33
1965 43.56
1966 43.76
1967 43.92
1968 44.06
1969 44.18
1970 44.28
1971 44.37
1972 44.45
1973 44.54
1974 44.67
1975 44.90
1976 45.29
1977 45.85
1978 46.56
1979 47.37
1980 48.20
1981 49.00
1982 49.66
1983 50.03
1984 50.01
1985 49.28
1986 47.54
1987 44.77
1988 41.14
1989 36.97
1990 32.83
1991 29.44
1992 27.33
1993 26.82
1994 27.94
1995 30.47
1996 33.98
1997 37.76
1998 41.27
1999 44.23
2000 46.51
2001 48.14
2002 49.38
2003 50.45
2004 51.40
2005 52.25
2006 53.01
2007 53.66
2008 54.21
2009 54.67
2010 55.06

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Rwanda was 53.80 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 53.80 in 2010 and a minimum value of 25.19 in 1993.

Definition: 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.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 40.68
1961 40.97
1962 41.26
1963 41.53
1964 41.78
1965 42.00
1966 42.20
1967 42.36
1968 42.50
1969 42.61
1970 42.72
1971 42.80
1972 42.89
1973 43.00
1974 43.14
1975 43.39
1976 43.79
1977 44.37
1978 45.09
1979 45.89
1980 46.73
1981 47.53
1982 48.18
1983 48.55
1984 48.52
1985 47.79
1986 46.02
1987 43.21
1988 39.54
1989 35.31
1990 31.13
1991 27.72
1992 25.64
1993 25.19
1994 26.41
1995 29.08
1996 32.73
1997 36.65
1998 40.27
1999 43.31
2000 45.62
2001 47.25
2002 48.46
2003 49.49
2004 50.39
2005 51.19
2006 51.90
2007 52.51
2008 53.01
2009 53.44
2010 53.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality