Comoros vs Kenya: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Comoros
42.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya
42.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
43rd
Kenya rank
40th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Comoros
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Comoros, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 43rd and Kenya ranks 40th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 4 and Kenya in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 204.3 per 1,000 live births | 132.79 per 1,000 live births | 71.51 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
| 1980s | 155.19 per 1,000 live births | 105.53 per 1,000 live births | 49.66 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
| 1990s | 106.55 per 1,000 live births | 111.95 per 1,000 live births | 5.4 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 72.4 per 1,000 live births | 79.82 per 1,000 live births | 7.42 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 53.6 per 1,000 live births | 52.22 per 1,000 live births | 1.38 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
| 2020s | 44.74 per 1,000 live births | 44.54 per 1,000 live births | 0.2 per 1,000 live births | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Comoros or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Comoros as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Comoros and Kenya?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Kenya?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Comoros ranks 43rd and Kenya ranks 40th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.