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

Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia
35.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Namibia rank
42nd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Kenya
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 35.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.7 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 43rd and Namibia ranks 42nd of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Namibia Difference Ahead
1960s 149.53 per 1,000 live births 90.97 per 1,000 live births 58.57 per 1,000 live births Kenya
1970s 125.84 per 1,000 live births 93.93 per 1,000 live births 31.91 per 1,000 live births Kenya
1980s 93.53 per 1,000 live births 83.61 per 1,000 live births 9.92 per 1,000 live births Kenya
1990s 99.18 per 1,000 live births 68.07 per 1,000 live births 31.11 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2000s 68.4 per 1,000 live births 63.86 per 1,000 live births 4.54 per 1,000 live births Kenya
2010s 42.85 per 1,000 live births 45.14 per 1,000 live births 2.29 per 1,000 live births Namibia
2020s 36.18 per 1,000 live births 37.7 per 1,000 live births 1.52 per 1,000 live births Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Kenya or Namibia?
Namibia, at 35.4 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 Kenya and Namibia?
0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Namibia?
58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Namibia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Kenya ranks 43rd and Namibia ranks 42nd 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

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
243 places, 13,475 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.