Eritrea vs Rwanda: Death rate, crude

Eritrea
6 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Rwanda
5.89 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Eritrea rank
161st
Rwanda rank
164th

Death rate, crude over time

  • Eritrea
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 6 per 1,000 people against 5.89 per 1,000 people in Rwanda, a difference of 0.11 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 161st and Rwanda ranks 164th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 5 and Rwanda in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 24.34 per 1,000 people 18.52 per 1,000 people 5.82 per 1,000 people Eritrea
1970s 21.72 per 1,000 people 19.29 per 1,000 people 2.44 per 1,000 people Eritrea
1980s 20.46 per 1,000 people 15.6 per 1,000 people 4.86 per 1,000 people Eritrea
1990s 13.86 per 1,000 people 30.93 per 1,000 people 17.07 per 1,000 people Rwanda
2000s 9.11 per 1,000 people 11.08 per 1,000 people 1.96 per 1,000 people Rwanda
2010s 6.95 per 1,000 people 6.55 per 1,000 people 0.3917 per 1,000 people Eritrea
2020s 6.31 per 1,000 people 6.02 per 1,000 people 0.2916 per 1,000 people Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate, crude, Eritrea or Rwanda?
Eritrea, at 6 per 1,000 people against 5.89 per 1,000 people in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in death rate, crude between Eritrea and Rwanda?
0.11 per 1,000 people, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Rwanda?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Rwanda rank globally for death rate, crude?
Eritrea ranks 161st and Rwanda ranks 164th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,195 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Crude death rate indicates the number of deaths occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.