Genocide against the Tutsi: A Statistical Retrospective
The scale and intensity of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda are reflected in stark and sobering numbers. Over just 100 days, systematic killings, sexual violence, and widespread trauma left an indelible mark on the nation. The following statistics (not exhaustive), compiled by the Survivors Fund (SURF), illustrate the human cost of this atrocity and the ongoing efforts to deliver justice and document its impact.
- Over the course of 100 days from 6th April to 16th July 1994, more than 1 million Tutsi and a number of moderate Hutu were slaughtered in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
- During this period, more than 6 men, women and children were murdered every minute of every hour of every day.
- Between 250,000 and 500,000 women were raped during the 100 days of genocide.
- Up to 20,000 children were born to women as a result of rape.
- Of all the women who took an HIV/AIDS test in the 5 years after the genocide, 70% were infected with HIV and AIDS. Due to lack of medication, many died in the aftermath of the genocide
- Approximately 300,000 children were murdered during the genocide.
- The Rwandan National Trauma Survey estimates that 96% of children observed violence, 80% lost family members, 69% witnessed death or harm, 31% observed rape and 91% believed they would die.
- UNICEF estimates 95,000 children were left orphaned because of the genocide and over one third of children of Rwanda witnessed the deaths of their families.
- Over 120,000 people were detained and accused of participation and involvement in the genocide.
- The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) indicted just 93 people, and sentenced only 61 of them, at an estimated cost of $2 billion.
- 12,000 local community-based (gacaca) courts tried 1,003,227 individual Hutu in 1,958,634 cases of genocide. Of those, approximately 840,824 Hutu were convicted (86% of all those who were tried)
Source: Multiple sources, compiled by the Survivors Fund (SURF) on its website.







