What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Kenya and Timor-Leste?

0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Timor-Leste?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 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 Timor-Leste: Mortality rate, infant

Kenya

34.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste

34.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya rank

37th

Timor-Leste rank

34th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Kenya
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 34.6 per 1,000 live births against 34.2 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 40 years both countries report, Timor-Leste has been ahead every year.

Kenya ranks 37th and Timor-Leste ranks 34th of 197 countries.

Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1980s	63.86 per 1,000 live births	184.52 per 1,000 live births	120.66 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
1990s	69.34 per 1,000 live births	141.86 per 1,000 live births	72.52 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2000s	51.75 per 1,000 live births	68.16 per 1,000 live births	16.41 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2010s	39.43 per 1,000 live births	44.93 per 1,000 live births	5.5 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2020s	35.38 per 1,000 live births	36.68 per 1,000 live births	1.3 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Kenya or Timor-Leste?: Timor-Leste, at 34.6 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 Kenya and Timor-Leste?: 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Timor-Leste?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Timor-Leste rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Kenya ranks 37th and Timor-Leste ranks 34th 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.