Eritrea vs Rwanda: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Eritrea
23.9 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Rwanda
25.44 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Eritrea rank
56th
Rwanda rank
53rd
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Eritrea
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 25.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 23.9 deaths per 1,000 people in Eritrea, a difference of 1.54 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 56th and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 3 and Rwanda in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 203.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 135.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 67.89 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 1960s | 154.79 deaths per 1,000 people | 123.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 31.7 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 129.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 131.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 122.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 103.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 18.85 deaths per 1,000 people | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 70.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 122.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 51.69 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 43.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 74.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 30.45 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 31.18 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.43 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 25.23 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.46 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Eritrea or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 25.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 23.9 deaths per 1,000 people in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Eritrea and Rwanda?
- 1.54 deaths per 1,000 people, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Rwanda?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Rwanda rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Eritrea ranks 56th and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.