What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Dominica and Kenya?

0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Kenya?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominica vs Kenya: Mortality rate, infant

Dominica

33.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya

34.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Dominica rank

39th

Kenya rank

37th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Dominica
Kenya

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 33.3 per 1,000 live births in Dominica, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Dominica ranks 39th and Kenya ranks 37th of 197 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominica	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
1960s	58.63 per 1,000 live births	98.56 per 1,000 live births	39.93 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
1970s	27.63 per 1,000 live births	79.39 per 1,000 live births	51.76 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
1980s	16.6 per 1,000 live births	64.88 per 1,000 live births	48.28 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
1990s	15.35 per 1,000 live births	69.34 per 1,000 live births	53.99 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2000s	18.92 per 1,000 live births	51.75 per 1,000 live births	32.83 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2010s	26.4 per 1,000 live births	39.43 per 1,000 live births	13.03 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2020s	32.52 per 1,000 live births	35.38 per 1,000 live births	2.86 per 1,000 live births	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Dominica or Kenya?: Kenya, at 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 33.3 per 1,000 live births in Dominica as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Dominica and Kenya?: 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Kenya?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Dominica and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Dominica 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 (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 (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: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.