Kenya vs Yemen: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen
34.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Yemen rank
44th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Kenya
- Yemen
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 34.4 per 1,000 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.
Kenya ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 44th of 197 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 163.81 per 1,000 live births | 383.91 per 1,000 live births | 220.1 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 125.84 per 1,000 live births | 269.51 per 1,000 live births | 143.67 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 93.53 per 1,000 live births | 155.89 per 1,000 live births | 62.36 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1990s | 99.18 per 1,000 live births | 105.7 per 1,000 live births | 6.52 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2000s | 68.4 per 1,000 live births | 68.75 per 1,000 live births | 0.35 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2010s | 42.85 per 1,000 live births | 45.39 per 1,000 live births | 2.54 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 2020s | 36.18 per 1,000 live births | 37.08 per 1,000 live births | 0.9 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Kenya or Yemen?
- Kenya, at 34.7 per 1,000 live births against 34.4 per 1,000 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Kenya and Yemen?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 44th 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.