Kenya vs Rwanda: Child mortality rate
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 rate 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 2 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 46th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 23.54 deaths per 100 live births | 23.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3433 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1960s | 17.15 deaths per 100 live births | 21.12 deaths per 100 live births | 3.98 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 | 0.238 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 4.05 deaths per 100 live births | 3.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.078 deaths per 100 live births | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, 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 rate 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?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 46th 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. 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.