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

0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 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 Zambia: Mortality rate, infant

Kenya

34.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

34.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya rank

37th

Zambia rank

34th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Kenya
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia 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.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 34th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	98.56 per 1,000 live births	95.74 per 1,000 live births	2.82 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
1970s	79.39 per 1,000 live births	84.56 per 1,000 live births	5.17 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
1980s	64.88 per 1,000 live births	91.43 per 1,000 live births	26.55 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
1990s	69.34 per 1,000 live births	98.71 per 1,000 live births	29.37 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2000s	51.75 per 1,000 live births	66.39 per 1,000 live births	14.64 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2010s	39.43 per 1,000 live births	42.52 per 1,000 live births	3.09 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2020s	35.38 per 1,000 live births	35.26 per 1,000 live births	0.12 per 1,000 live births	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Kenya or Zambia?: Zambia, 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 Zambia?: 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zambia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Kenya ranks 37th and Zambia 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: 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.