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

0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.

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

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 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.

Ethiopia vs Kenya: Mortality rate, infant

Ethiopia

34.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya

34.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

36th

Kenya rank

37th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Ethiopia
Kenya

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 34.5 per 1,000 live births against 34.2 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 59 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 36th and Kenya ranks 37th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
1960s	143.53 per 1,000 live births	91.6 per 1,000 live births	51.93 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
1970s	155.58 per 1,000 live births	79.39 per 1,000 live births	76.19 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
1980s	159.12 per 1,000 live births	64.88 per 1,000 live births	94.24 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
1990s	111.93 per 1,000 live births	69.34 per 1,000 live births	42.59 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2000s	76.57 per 1,000 live births	51.75 per 1,000 live births	24.82 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	49.35 per 1,000 live births	39.43 per 1,000 live births	9.92 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	42.16 per 1,000 live births	35.38 per 1,000 live births	6.78 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Ethiopia or Kenya?: Ethiopia, at 34.5 per 1,000 live births against 34.2 per 1,000 live births in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Ethiopia and Kenya?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Kenya?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Ethiopia ranks 36th 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: 20 August 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.