Kenya vs Yemen: Child mortality rate by sex
Kenya
3.47 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Yemen
3.44 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Yemen rank
44th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Kenya
- Yemen
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 3.47 deaths per 100 live births against 3.44 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Yemen ahead.
Kenya ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 44th of 199 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 20.29 deaths per 100 live births | 43.35 deaths per 100 live births | 23.06 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1960s | 16.38 deaths per 100 live births | 38.39 deaths per 100 live births | 22.01 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 12.58 deaths per 100 live births | 26.95 deaths per 100 live births | 14.37 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 9.35 deaths per 100 live births | 15.59 deaths per 100 live births | 6.23 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1990s | 9.92 deaths per 100 live births | 10.57 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6503 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2000s | 6.84 deaths per 100 live births | 6.87 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0351 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2010s | 4.29 deaths per 100 live births | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2528 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2020s | 3.62 deaths per 100 live births | 3.71 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0901 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Kenya or Yemen?
- Kenya, at 3.47 deaths per 100 live births against 3.44 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Kenya and Yemen?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Yemen rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 44th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .