Africa

Being born in Rwanda

If your next life started in Rwanda: the draw odds, life expectancy, schooling and income the game would give you — and the button to try it.

0.3%

of simulated births (birth-weighted, 118 countries) · 0.2% of people across the covered countries

67.9

Male life expectancy at birth / Female life expectancy at birth — 65.7 / 70.1 years

Reference indicators

Compared with the covered-world average · Shares sum to 100% within these 118 countries, not the whole world. GDP is economic output per person, not income. Schooling is the mean for adults aged 25+, not a newborn’s future education.

Population14.26M
Estimated annual births≈ 5.7K / year
Male life expectancy at birth65.7 years
Female life expectancy at birth70.1 years
Under-five mortality37.7+13.0
GDP per person$3,785−$20,468
Gini index39.4+5.2
Mean schooling, adults aged 25+4.9 years−3.5

Be born in Rwanda

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Be born in Rwanda

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