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
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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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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.