Gabon vs Rwanda: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Gabon
24.79 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Rwanda
25.44 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gabon rank
54th
Rwanda rank
53rd
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Gabon
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 25.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 24.79 deaths per 1,000 people in Gabon, a difference of 0.65 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 54th and Rwanda ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 135.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 135.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5206 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1960s | 108.7 deaths per 1,000 people | 123.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 85.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 131.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 45.98 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 65.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 103.76 deaths per 1,000 people | 38.02 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 56.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 122.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 66.49 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 47.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 74.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.51 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 33.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.61 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.662 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 26.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 26.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5434 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, Gabon or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 25.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 24.79 deaths per 1,000 people in Gabon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Gabon and Rwanda?
- 0.65 deaths per 1,000 people, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Rwanda?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gabon and Rwanda rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Gabon ranks 54th 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.