What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Comoros and Kenya?

0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Comoros ahead.

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

52 years are reported by both, from 1973 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Comoros vs Kenya: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Comoros

35.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kenya

34.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Comoros rank

40th

Kenya rank

43rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Comoros
Kenya

How they compare

Comoros currently reports 35.5 per 1,000 live births against 34.7 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Comoros ahead.

Comoros ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 43rd of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 4 and Kenya in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Comoros	Kenya	Difference	Ahead
1970s	188.77 per 1,000 live births	119.91 per 1,000 live births	68.86 per 1,000 live births	Comoros
1980s	141.32 per 1,000 live births	93.53 per 1,000 live births	47.79 per 1,000 live births	Comoros
1990s	94.39 per 1,000 live births	99.18 per 1,000 live births	4.79 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2000s	62.62 per 1,000 live births	68.4 per 1,000 live births	5.78 per 1,000 live births	Kenya
2010s	45.66 per 1,000 live births	42.85 per 1,000 live births	2.81 per 1,000 live births	Comoros
2020s	37.68 per 1,000 live births	36.18 per 1,000 live births	1.5 per 1,000 live births	Comoros

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Comoros or Kenya?: Comoros, at 35.5 per 1,000 live births against 34.7 per 1,000 live births in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Comoros and Kenya?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Comoros ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Kenya?: 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Comoros and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Comoros ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 43rd 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, under-5, female (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, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.