Kenya vs Yemen: Mortality rate, infant, male
Kenya
37.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen
37.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
37th
Yemen rank
38th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Kenya
- Yemen
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 37.6 per 1,000 live births against 37.1 per 1,000 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.
Kenya ranks 37th and Yemen ranks 38th of 197 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 103.81 per 1,000 live births | 274.68 per 1,000 live births | 170.87 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 84.12 per 1,000 live births | 206.28 per 1,000 live births | 122.16 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 69.83 per 1,000 live births | 130.15 per 1,000 live births | 60.32 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1990s | 75.02 per 1,000 live births | 94.98 per 1,000 live births | 19.96 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2000s | 56.76 per 1,000 live births | 65.98 per 1,000 live births | 9.22 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2010s | 43.48 per 1,000 live births | 45.94 per 1,000 live births | 2.46 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2020s | 39 per 1,000 live births | 39.3 per 1,000 live births | 0.3 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Kenya or Yemen?
- Kenya, at 37.6 per 1,000 live births against 37.1 per 1,000 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Kenya and Yemen?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Kenya ranks 37th and Yemen ranks 38th 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.