Kenya vs Rwanda: Child mortality
Kenya
3.88 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
3.77 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Rwanda rank
46th
Child mortality over time
- Kenya
- Rwanda
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 3.88 deaths per 100 live births against 3.77 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 46th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 17 and Rwanda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1810s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1820s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1830s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1840s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1850s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1860s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1870s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1880s | 50.79 deaths per 100 live births | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1890s | 50.77 deaths per 100 live births | 41.99 deaths per 100 live births | 8.78 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1900s | 50.39 deaths per 100 live births | 41.67 deaths per 100 live births | 8.71 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1910s | 49.36 deaths per 100 live births | 40.82 deaths per 100 live births | 8.54 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1920s | 49.19 deaths per 100 live births | 39.84 deaths per 100 live births | 9.35 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1930s | 46.28 deaths per 100 live births | 36.43 deaths per 100 live births | 9.85 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1940s | 37.38 deaths per 100 live births | 30.19 deaths per 100 live births | 7.19 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1950s | 26.14 deaths per 100 live births | 24.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1960s | 17.15 deaths per 100 live births | 21.12 deaths per 100 live births | 3.97 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 13.26 deaths per 100 live births | 23.72 deaths per 100 live births | 10.46 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 9.97 deaths per 100 live births | 17.12 deaths per 100 live births | 7.15 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 10.57 deaths per 100 live births | 21.45 deaths per 100 live births | 10.88 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 7.42 deaths per 100 live births | 11.77 deaths per 100 live births | 4.35 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 4.77 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2375 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 4.05 deaths per 100 live births | 3.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.081 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Kenya or Rwanda?
- Kenya, at 3.88 deaths per 100 live births against 3.77 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Kenya and Rwanda?
- 0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Rwanda?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for child mortality?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 46th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.