Afghanistan vs Rwanda: Mortality rates at age 25
Afghanistan
0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Rwanda
0.2403 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
61st
Rwanda rank
60th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Afghanistan
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.2403 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.0017 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 61st and Rwanda ranks 60th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Rwanda in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.689 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6782 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 1.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6427 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5036 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6403 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3949 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 2.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.631 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.45 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 0.8874 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.78 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.479 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5524 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0735 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.4646 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2992 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1654 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 0.455 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2482 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2068 deaths per 1,000 people | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Afghanistan or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 0.2403 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2386 deaths per 1,000 people in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Afghanistan and Rwanda?
- 0.0017 deaths per 1,000 people, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Rwanda?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Afghanistan ranks 61st and Rwanda ranks 60th 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 Mortality rates at age 25. 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.