Kenya vs Late-demographic dividend: Mortality rate, infant

Kenya
34.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Late-demographic dividend
7.15 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
37th
Late-demographic dividend rank
39th

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Kenya
  • Late-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 7.15 per 1,000 live births in Late-demographic dividend, a difference of 27.05 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Kenya's figure about 4.8 times Late-demographic dividend's.

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

Kenya ranks 37th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 39th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Late-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1990s 69.34 per 1,000 live births 35.58 per 1,000 live births 33.76 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2000s 51.75 per 1,000 live births 20.14 per 1,000 live births 31.61 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2010s 39.43 per 1,000 live births 10.27 per 1,000 live births 29.16 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2020s 35.38 per 1,000 live births 7.59 per 1,000 live births 27.79 per 1,000 live births Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Kenya or Late-demographic dividend?
Kenya, at 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 7.15 per 1,000 live births in Late-demographic dividend as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kenya and Late-demographic dividend?
27.05 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Late-demographic dividend?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Late-demographic dividend rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Kenya ranks 37th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 39th 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

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