Kenya vs OECD members: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
OECD members
6.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
OECD members rank
41st
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Kenya
- OECD members
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 6.1 per 1,000 live births in OECD members, a difference of 28.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kenya's figure about 5.7 times OECD members's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 43rd and OECD members ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | OECD members | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.18 per 1,000 live births | 16.34 per 1,000 live births | 82.84 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 68.4 per 1,000 live births | 10.14 per 1,000 live births | 58.26 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 42.85 per 1,000 live births | 7.25 per 1,000 live births | 35.6 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2020s | 36.18 per 1,000 live births | 6.32 per 1,000 live births | 29.86 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, Kenya or OECD members?
- Kenya, at 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 6.1 per 1,000 live births in OECD members as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Kenya and OECD members?
- 28.6 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and OECD members?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and OECD members rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and OECD members ranks 41st 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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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.