Rwanda: 0 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 1,376 m above Rwanda’s

Rwanda: 4,519 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 76% of Rwanda, versus 45% of Tanzania

Rwanda: 75.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 4.8 times as many people as Rwanda

Rwanda: 14.6 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Rwanda is 7.7 times as densely populated as Tanzania

Rwanda: 613 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Rwanda is 2.2 years older than in Tanzania

Rwanda: 19.4 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 0.9 more children on average than in Rwanda

Rwanda: 3.65 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

4.0% of people in Rwanda are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Rwanda: 4% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Rwanda hosts 3.3 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Rwanda: 7.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Rwanda and Tanzania are practically level

Rwanda: 0 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Rwanda has 3 official languages, Tanzania 2

Rwanda: 3 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Tanzania’s economy is 5.5 times the size of Rwanda’s

Rwanda: $16.4 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Tanzania produces 7% more per person than Rwanda

Rwanda: Int$4,164 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Rwanda (Gini 1.1 points higher)

Rwanda: 39.4 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 39% in Rwanda

Rwanda: 38.6% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 11% in Rwanda, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Rwanda: 11.4% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Rwanda and Tanzania are practically level

Rwanda: 1.3% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Rwanda and Tanzania are practically level

Rwanda: 12.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

Tanzania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Rwanda’s

Rwanda: 27% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Rwanda spends 45% more on health per person than Tanzania

Rwanda: $53 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Rwanda is 2% more likely to die before turning one than in Tanzania

Rwanda: 29.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Tanzania has 49% more doctors per person than Rwanda

Rwanda: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Tanzania has 12% more hospital beds per person than Rwanda

Rwanda: 0.8 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 3% higher than in Rwanda

Rwanda: 14.5 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

10% of adults in Tanzania are obese, versus 5.2% in Rwanda

Rwanda: 5.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

10% of adults in Rwanda smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Rwanda: 10.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Tanzania rate their lives 0.63 points higher than in Rwanda

Rwanda: 3.27 (2021) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Rwanda drink 2.8 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Rwanda: 4.1 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Tanzania has 89% more meat per person than Rwanda

Rwanda: 6.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Tanzania has 113 kcal more food per person per day than Rwanda

Rwanda: 2,405 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 544 more hours a year than in Rwanda

Rwanda: 1,584 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Tanzania went to school 1.2 years longer than in Rwanda

Rwanda: 4.9 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Rwanda welcomed 5.4 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Rwanda: 0.12 (2019) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Tanzania has 5 more World Heritage sites than Rwanda (7 against 2)

Rwanda: 2 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Tanzania has won 2 Olympic medals, Rwanda none

Rwanda: 0 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

32% of people in Rwanda are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Rwanda: 32% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Rwanda is 15% faster than in Tanzania

Rwanda: 65 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

72% of people in Rwanda have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Rwanda: 72% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

37% of people in Tanzania live in cities, versus 31% in Rwanda

Rwanda: 31% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Rwanda 93

Rwanda: 93 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Rwanda: no data · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Rwanda fly 3.9 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Rwanda: 0.11 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 26% of Rwanda

Rwanda: 26.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Tanzania emits 2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Rwanda

Rwanda: 0.1 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

50% of Rwanda’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Rwanda: 49.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Rwanda carries 70% more fine dust than in Tanzania

Rwanda: 41.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 4% more likely to be murdered in Tanzania than in Rwanda

Rwanda: 3.6 per 100k (2020) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 25% deadlier than in Rwanda

Rwanda: 16.1 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 3.0 °C warmer than Rwanda

Rwanda: 20.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rwanda gets 41% more rain than Tanzania

Rwanda: 1,553 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)