Congo vs Kenya: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Congo
35.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
40th
Kenya rank
43rd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Congo
- Kenya
How they compare
Congo 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 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.
Congo ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 43rd of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 3 and Kenya in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 158.56 per 1,000 live births | 163.81 per 1,000 live births | 5.25 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1970s | 116.6 per 1,000 live births | 125.84 per 1,000 live births | 9.24 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1980s | 91.38 per 1,000 live births | 93.53 per 1,000 live births | 2.15 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1990s | 96.9 per 1,000 live births | 99.18 per 1,000 live births | 2.28 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 83.55 per 1,000 live births | 68.4 per 1,000 live births | 15.15 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 50.02 per 1,000 live births | 42.85 per 1,000 live births | 7.17 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2020s | 38 per 1,000 live births | 36.18 per 1,000 live births | 1.82 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Congo or Kenya?
- Congo, 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 Congo and Kenya?
- 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Kenya?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Congo ranks 40th and Kenya ranks 43rd of 196 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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About this data
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.