Ethiopia vs Kenya: Mortality rate, infant, female
Ethiopia
29.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya
30.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
40th
Kenya rank
37th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 30.4 per 1,000 live births against 29.1 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 129.68 per 1,000 live births | 86.28 per 1,000 live births | 43.4 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 140.88 per 1,000 live births | 74.46 per 1,000 live births | 66.42 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 144.91 per 1,000 live births | 59.67 per 1,000 live births | 85.24 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 98.98 per 1,000 live births | 63.32 per 1,000 live births | 35.66 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 65.75 per 1,000 live births | 46.48 per 1,000 live births | 19.27 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 41.51 per 1,000 live births | 35.18 per 1,000 live births | 6.33 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 36.34 per 1,000 live births | 31.54 per 1,000 live births | 4.8 per 1,000 live births | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Ethiopia or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 30.4 per 1,000 live births against 29.1 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Ethiopia and Kenya?
- 1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Kenya?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Ethiopia ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 37th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.