Kenya vs Rwanda: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Kenya
0.1329 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Rwanda
0.1264 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Kenya rank
42nd
Rwanda rank
45th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Kenya
- Rwanda
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1264 under-five deaths per woman in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0065 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Rwanda ahead.
Kenya ranks 42nd and Rwanda ranks 45th of 200 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.77 under-five deaths per woman | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1656 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1960s | 1.36 under-five deaths per woman | 1.73 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3768 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 1.05 under-five deaths per woman | 1.95 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9072 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 0.7016 under-five deaths per woman | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6287 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 0.5834 under-five deaths per woman | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7838 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.3617 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6518 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2901 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.1853 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2087 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0234 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 0.1388 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1425 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0037 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Kenya or Rwanda?
- Kenya, at 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1264 under-five deaths per woman in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Kenya and Rwanda?
- 0.0065 under-five deaths per woman, 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 children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Kenya ranks 42nd and Rwanda ranks 45th 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).