What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Kenya and Yemen?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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 household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Yemen: Child mortality rate by household wealth

Kenya

3.89 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Yemen

3.87 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Kenya rank

42nd

Yemen rank

43rd

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

Kenya
Yemen

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 3.89 deaths per 100 live births against 3.87 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Yemen ahead.

Kenya ranks 42nd and Yemen ranks 43rd of 106 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1990s	10.69 deaths per 100 live births	11.75 deaths per 100 live births	1.06 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2000s	7.5 deaths per 100 live births	7.65 deaths per 100 live births	0.1571 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2010s	4.78 deaths per 100 live births	5.07 deaths per 100 live births	0.2895 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2020s	4.06 deaths per 100 live births	4.16 deaths per 100 live births	0.0984 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 household wealth, Kenya or Yemen?: Kenya, at 3.89 deaths per 100 live births against 3.87 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Kenya and Yemen?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Yemen rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?: Kenya ranks 42nd and Yemen ranks 43rd of 106 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 household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 3,710 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.