Rwanda vs Zambia: Mortality rates at age 25
Rwanda
0.2403 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zambia
0.2439 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Rwanda rank
60th
Zambia rank
59th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Rwanda
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.2439 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2403 deaths per 1,000 people in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0036 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 60th and Zambia ranks 59th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.689 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5781 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1109 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1960s | 0.6427 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5017 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.141 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 0.6403 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4218 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2184 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 0.631 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5811 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0499 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 3.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8961 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.77 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.5524 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7389 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1865 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.2992 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4359 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1367 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.2482 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2872 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.039 deaths per 1,000 people | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Rwanda or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.2439 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.2403 deaths per 1,000 people in Rwanda as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Rwanda and Zambia?
- 0.0036 deaths per 1,000 people, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Rwanda and Zambia rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Rwanda ranks 60th and Zambia ranks 59th 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.