What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

East Asia & Pacific vs Kenya: Mortality rate, infant

East Asia & Pacific

10.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya

34.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Asia & Pacific rank

37th

Kenya rank

37th

Mortality rate, infant over time

East Asia & Pacific
Kenya

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 10.7 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 23.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Kenya's figure about 3.2 times East Asia & Pacific's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 37th and Kenya ranks 37th of 47 groups.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
1990s	39.52 per 1,000 live births	69.34 per 1,000 live births	29.82 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2000s	24.42 per 1,000 live births	51.75 per 1,000 live births	27.33 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2010s	13.84 per 1,000 live births	39.43 per 1,000 live births	25.59 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2020s	11.26 per 1,000 live births	35.38 per 1,000 live births	24.12 per 1,000 live births	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, East Asia & Pacific or Kenya?: Kenya, at 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 10.7 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?: 23.5 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Kenya?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 37th and Kenya ranks 37th of 47 groups.
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.