Kenya vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, infant, female
Kenya
30.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
9.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
37th
Upper middle income rank
36th
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Kenya
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 30.4 per 1,000 live births against 9.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 20.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kenya's figure about 3.1 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 37th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 197 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.32 per 1,000 live births | 36.17 per 1,000 live births | 27.15 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 46.48 per 1,000 live births | 21.93 per 1,000 live births | 24.55 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 35.18 per 1,000 live births | 12.78 per 1,000 live births | 22.4 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2020s | 31.54 per 1,000 live births | 10.36 per 1,000 live births | 21.18 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Kenya or Upper middle income?
- Kenya, at 30.4 per 1,000 live births against 9.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Kenya and Upper middle income?
- 20.5 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Kenya ranks 37th and Upper middle income ranks 36th 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.