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
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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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.