Kenya vs Turkmenistan: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Kenya
3.88 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Turkmenistan
3.9 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Turkmenistan rank
41st
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Kenya
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Turkmenistan currently reports 3.9 deaths per 100 live births against 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Kenya ranks 43rd and Turkmenistan ranks 41st of 200 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Turkmenistan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11.78 deaths per 100 live births | 12.57 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7867 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1980s | 9.97 deaths per 100 live births | 9.67 deaths per 100 live births | 0.298 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 1990s | 10.57 deaths per 100 live births | 7.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2.91 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 7.42 deaths per 100 live births | 5.52 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 4.77 deaths per 100 live births | 4.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.428 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
| 2020s | 4.05 deaths per 100 live births | 4.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.06 deaths per 100 live births | Turkmenistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Kenya or Turkmenistan?
- Turkmenistan, at 3.9 deaths per 100 live births against 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Kenya and Turkmenistan?
- 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Turkmenistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Turkmenistan?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Turkmenistan rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and Turkmenistan ranks 41st of 200 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 rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.