Rwanda, year by year

Every index this site holds for Rwanda, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1995

Human development rose from 0.294 in 1995 to 0.578 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 29 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 68 years2024at birthUp 11 years from 57 years in 2005
Internet users: 32%2024of people onlineUp 30 points from 2% in 2007
Urban population: 31%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 14 points from 17% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.652024births per womanDown 1.85 from 5.50 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 80%2022of energy usedDown 8 points from 88% in 2004
Access to electricity: 72%2024of people with electricityUp 67 points from 5% in 2005
Infant mortality: 292024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 35 from 64 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.2 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.1 t from 0.1 t in 2005
Forest area: 11%2023of land under forestLevel with 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 11 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	47.8	—	—	6.80	80.1	—	87	0.1	12.8	—	—
1991	—	46.2	—	5.4	6.62	81.8	—	93	0.1	12.7	—	—
1992	—	44.4	—	5.7	6.54	81.6	2	102	0.1	12.6	—	—
1993	—	42.9	—	6.4	6.48	81.3	—	112	0.1	12.5	—	—
1994	—	12.2	—	7.5	6.42	78.5	—	213	0.1	12.4	—	—
1995	0.294	41.5	—	8.8	6.35	88.4	—	127	0.1	12.2	—	—
1996	0.297	42.5	0.0	10.3	6.29	89.2	—	129	0.1	12.1	—	—
1997	0.295	42.0	0.0	11.8	6.24	91.1	1	129	0.1	12.0	—	—
1998	0.304	43.1	0.0	13.3	6.17	90.8	2	124	0.1	11.9	—	—
1999	0.317	45.8	0.1	14.7	6.06	90.8	3	117	0.1	11.8	—	—
2000	0.340	47.8	0.1	15.8	5.97	86.8	6	108	0.1	11.6	—	—
2001	0.370	49.5	0.2	16.6	5.89	86.9	5	98	0.1	11.5	—	—
2002	0.385	51.3	0.3	16.9	5.82	87.1	6	89	0.1	11.5	—	—
2003	0.398	53.5	0.4	16.9	5.74	87.3	7	80	0.1	11.4	—	—
2004	0.417	55.5	0.4	16.9	5.64	87.6	9	71	0.1	11.3	—	—
2005	0.433	57.0	0.6	16.9	5.50	89.2	5	64	0.1	11.2	—	—
2006	0.452	58.3	—	16.9	5.34	90.6	11	58	0.1	11.1	352	990
2007	0.467	59.5	2.1	16.9	5.14	90.3	13	53	0.1	11.0	421	1066
2008	0.479	60.6	4.5	16.9	4.92	90.6	6	49	0.1	10.9	522	1177
2009	0.493	61.8	7.7	16.9	4.71	90.5	16	46	0.1	10.8	557	1226
2010	0.504	62.8	8.0	16.9	4.52	90.5	10	43	0.1	10.7	587	1298
2011	0.512	63.5	7.0	16.9	4.33	89.7	11	39	0.1	10.8	643	1396
2012	0.521	64.2	8.0	16.9	4.20	88.8	18	37	0.1	10.8	698	1436
2013	0.499	64.7	9.0	17.1	4.14	88.5	15	36	0.1	10.9	695	1492
2014	0.525	65.1	10.6	17.5	4.12	88.0	20	35	0.1	10.9	715	1655
2015	0.525	65.4	12.5	18.2	4.11	86.3	23	34	0.1	10.9	726	1761
2016	0.534	65.7	14.6	19.1	4.11	85.5	29	33	0.1	11.0	721	1845
2017	0.539	66.1	17.2	20.3	4.08	84.5	34	33	0.1	11.1	751	1949
2018	0.540	66.3	19.2	21.5	4.05	82.8	38	32	0.1	11.1	773	2128
2019	0.550	66.7	21.4	23.0	3.99	81.8	47	32	0.1	11.2	823	2374
2020	0.555	67.0	23.8	24.5	3.91	81.7	45	31	0.1	11.2	803	2355
2021	0.562	66.8	24.4	26.1	3.84	79.4	49	31	0.1	11.2	843	2776
2022	0.570	67.5	28.0	27.8	3.78	79.9	51	31	0.2	11.3	1007	3195
2023	0.578	67.8	28.8	28.9	3.70	—	64	30	0.2	11.3	1061	3519
2024	—	68.0	31.7	29.9	3.65	—	72	29	0.2	—	1060	3785
2025	—	—	—	30.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	1124	4164
On the profile	0.578	68.0	31.7	30.9	3.65	79.9	—	—	0.2	11.3	1124	4164

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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