Mauritania vs Rwanda: Mortality rates at age 65
Mauritania
3.31 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Rwanda
3.26 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Mauritania rank
43rd
Rwanda rank
44th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Mauritania
- Rwanda
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 3.31 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people in Rwanda, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 44th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 4 and Rwanda in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.52 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6429 deaths per 1,000 people | Mauritania |
| 1960s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4779 deaths per 1,000 people | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 4.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3099 deaths per 1,000 people | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 4.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0545 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 3.87 deaths per 1,000 people | 8.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.95 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 3.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4689 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 3.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0104 deaths per 1,000 people | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 3.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2726 deaths per 1,000 people | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Mauritania or Rwanda?
- Mauritania, at 3.31 deaths per 1,000 people against 3.26 deaths per 1,000 people in Rwanda as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Rwanda?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Mauritania ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 44th 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 65. 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.