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

Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
34.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Rwanda rank
45th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Kenya
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 34.1 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 45th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 163.81 per 1,000 live births 202.44 per 1,000 live births 38.63 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
1970s 125.84 per 1,000 live births 226.82 per 1,000 live births 100.98 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
1980s 93.53 per 1,000 live births 161.97 per 1,000 live births 68.44 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
1990s 99.18 per 1,000 live births 205.7 per 1,000 live births 106.52 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
2000s 68.4 per 1,000 live births 111.75 per 1,000 live births 43.35 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
2010s 42.85 per 1,000 live births 46.01 per 1,000 live births 3.16 per 1,000 live births Rwanda
2020s 36.18 per 1,000 live births 35.94 per 1,000 live births 0.24 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 Rwanda?
Kenya, at 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 34.1 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Kenya and Rwanda?
0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Rwanda?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Kenya ranks 43rd and Rwanda ranks 45th 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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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.