Gambia vs Kenya: Mortality rate, infant, male
Gambia
36.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya
37.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gambia rank
39th
Kenya rank
37th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Gambia
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 37.6 per 1,000 live births against 36.7 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 39th and Kenya ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163.95 per 1,000 live births | 103.81 per 1,000 live births | 60.14 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1970s | 148.59 per 1,000 live births | 84.12 per 1,000 live births | 64.47 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1980s | 124.69 per 1,000 live births | 69.83 per 1,000 live births | 54.86 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 1990s | 96.14 per 1,000 live births | 75.02 per 1,000 live births | 21.12 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2000s | 69.94 per 1,000 live births | 56.76 per 1,000 live births | 13.18 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2010s | 49.82 per 1,000 live births | 43.48 per 1,000 live births | 6.34 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
| 2020s | 39.04 per 1,000 live births | 39 per 1,000 live births | 0.04 per 1,000 live births | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Gambia or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 37.6 per 1,000 live births against 36.7 per 1,000 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Gambia and Kenya?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Kenya?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Gambia ranks 39th 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, male (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, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.