High income vs Kenya: Mortality rate, under-5, female

High income
4.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
High income rank
43rd
Kenya rank
43rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • High income
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.6 per 1,000 live births in High income, a difference of 30.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Kenya's figure about 7.5 times High income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

High income ranks 43rd and Kenya ranks 43rd of 47 groups.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Kenya Difference Ahead
1990s 10.21 per 1,000 live births 99.18 per 1,000 live births 88.97 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2000s 7.12 per 1,000 live births 68.4 per 1,000 live births 61.28 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2010s 5.39 per 1,000 live births 42.85 per 1,000 live births 37.46 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2020s 4.68 per 1,000 live births 36.18 per 1,000 live births 31.5 per 1,000 live births Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, High income or Kenya?
Kenya, at 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 4.6 per 1,000 live births in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between High income and Kenya?
30.1 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Kenya?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do High income and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
High income ranks 43rd and Kenya ranks 43rd of 47 groups.
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

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.