Kenya vs Zambia: Mortality rate, infant, male
Kenya
37.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
38.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
37th
Zambia rank
35th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Kenya
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 38.1 per 1,000 live births against 37.6 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 35th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 103.81 per 1,000 live births | 101.34 per 1,000 live births | 2.47 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1970s | 84.12 per 1,000 live births | 89.88 per 1,000 live births | 5.76 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 1980s | 69.83 per 1,000 live births | 97.84 per 1,000 live births | 28.01 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 1990s | 75.02 per 1,000 live births | 104.87 per 1,000 live births | 29.85 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2000s | 56.76 per 1,000 live births | 71.78 per 1,000 live births | 15.02 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2010s | 43.48 per 1,000 live births | 46.58 per 1,000 live births | 3.1 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2020s | 39 per 1,000 live births | 38.78 per 1,000 live births | 0.22 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Kenya or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 38.1 per 1,000 live births against 37.6 per 1,000 live births in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Kenya and Zambia?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Kenya ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 35th 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.