# Life expectancy at birth in Rwanda

Life expectancy at birth in Rwanda was 68.02 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `rw`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/rwanda
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/rwanda.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=rw

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 68.02 |
| 2023 | 67.79 |
| 2022 | 67.53 |
| 2021 | 66.85 |
| 2020 | 66.95 |
| 2019 | 66.69 |
| 2018 | 66.35 |
| 2017 | 66.14 |
| 2016 | 65.73 |
| 2015 | 65.42 |
| 2014 | 65.09 |
| 2013 | 64.65 |
| 2012 | 64.19 |
| 2011 | 63.48 |
| 2010 | 62.8 |
| 2009 | 61.81 |
| 2008 | 60.64 |
| 2007 | 59.5 |
| 2006 | 58.34 |
| 2005 | 56.97 |
| 2004 | 55.52 |
| 2003 | 53.53 |
| 2002 | 51.26 |
| 2001 | 49.49 |
| 2000 | 47.8 |
| 1999 | 45.75 |
| 1998 | 43.1 |
| 1997 | 41.98 |
| 1996 | 42.49 |
| 1995 | 41.52 |
| 1994 | 12.16 |
| 1993 | 42.94 |
| 1992 | 44.4 |
| 1991 | 46.24 |
| 1990 | 47.76 |
| 1989 | 49.49 |
| 1988 | 50.91 |
| 1987 | 51.47 |
| 1986 | 51.71 |
| 1985 | 51.7 |
| 1984 | 51.45 |
| 1983 | 50.94 |
| 1982 | 50.19 |
| 1981 | 49.22 |
| 1980 | 48.12 |
| 1979 | 47.09 |
| 1978 | 46.17 |
| 1977 | 45.58 |
| 1976 | 45.31 |
| 1975 | 45.32 |
| 1974 | 45.57 |
| 1973 | 45.94 |
| 1972 | 46.34 |
| 1971 | 46.76 |
| 1970 | 47.12 |
| 1969 | 47.44 |
| 1968 | 47.73 |
| 1967 | 47.99 |
| 1966 | 48.08 |
| 1965 | 48.2 |
| 1964 | 48.13 |
| 1963 | 44 |
| 1962 | 47.8 |
| 1961 | 47.46 |
| 1960 | 47.02 |