Kenya vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
Kenya
20.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
19.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
44th
Tanzania rank
46th
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Kenya
- Tanzania
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 20.7 per 1,000 live births against 19.9 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Tanzania ahead.
Kenya ranks 44th and Tanzania ranks 46th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40.05 per 1,000 live births | 47.65 per 1,000 live births | 7.6 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 35.79 per 1,000 live births | 43.65 per 1,000 live births | 7.86 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 29.64 per 1,000 live births | 42.78 per 1,000 live births | 13.14 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 26.46 per 1,000 live births | 36.83 per 1,000 live births | 10.37 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 24.9 per 1,000 live births | 28.38 per 1,000 live births | 3.48 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 23.06 per 1,000 live births | 23.58 per 1,000 live births | 0.52 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 21.38 per 1,000 live births | 21.14 per 1,000 live births | 0.24 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Kenya or Tanzania?
- Kenya, at 20.7 per 1,000 live births against 19.9 per 1,000 live births in Tanzania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kenya and Tanzania?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tanzania?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Kenya ranks 44th and Tanzania ranks 46th 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.