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

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

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

57 years are reported by both, from 1968 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.

Kenya vs Myanmar: Mortality rate, infant

Kenya

34.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Myanmar

32.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya rank

37th

Myanmar rank

40th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Kenya
Myanmar

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 32.8 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar, a difference of 1.4 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Myanmar ahead.

Kenya ranks 37th and Myanmar ranks 40th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Myanmar in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Myanmar	Difference	Ahead
1960s	90 per 1,000 live births	126.5 per 1,000 live births	36.5 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
1970s	79.39 per 1,000 live births	114.85 per 1,000 live births	35.46 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
1980s	64.88 per 1,000 live births	97.77 per 1,000 live births	32.89 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
1990s	69.34 per 1,000 live births	83.12 per 1,000 live births	13.78 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2000s	51.75 per 1,000 live births	66.69 per 1,000 live births	14.94 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2010s	39.43 per 1,000 live births	45.43 per 1,000 live births	6 per 1,000 live births	Myanmar
2020s	35.38 per 1,000 live births	34.94 per 1,000 live births	0.44 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 Myanmar?: Kenya, at 34.2 per 1,000 live births against 32.8 per 1,000 live births in Myanmar as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kenya and Myanmar?: 1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Myanmar?: 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Myanmar rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Kenya ranks 37th and Myanmar ranks 40th 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.