Kenya vs Turkmenistan: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Turkmenistan
33.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Turkmenistan rank
46th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Kenya
- Turkmenistan
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 33.8 per 1,000 live births in Turkmenistan, a difference of 0.9 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Turkmenistan ahead.
Kenya ranks 43rd and Turkmenistan ranks 46th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Turkmenistan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Turkmenistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 111.43 per 1,000 live births | 111.97 per 1,000 live births | 0.5333 per 1,000 live births | Turkmenistan |
| 1980s | 93.53 per 1,000 live births | 84.93 per 1,000 live births | 8.6 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1990s | 99.18 per 1,000 live births | 66.27 per 1,000 live births | 32.91 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 68.4 per 1,000 live births | 47.53 per 1,000 live births | 20.87 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 42.85 per 1,000 live births | 37.41 per 1,000 live births | 5.44 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2020s | 36.18 per 1,000 live births | 35.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.54 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 Turkmenistan?
- Kenya, at 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 33.8 per 1,000 live births in Turkmenistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Kenya and Turkmenistan?
- 0.9 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Turkmenistan?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Turkmenistan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and Turkmenistan ranks 46th 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.