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
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
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.