Congo vs Kenya: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Congo
42.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya
42.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
42nd
Kenya rank
40th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Congo
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 42.4 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.
Congo ranks 42nd and Kenya ranks 40th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 3 and Kenya in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 171.11 per 1,000 live births | 178.78 per 1,000 live births | 7.67 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1970s | 127.88 per 1,000 live births | 138.91 per 1,000 live births | 11.03 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1980s | 102.23 per 1,000 live births | 105.53 per 1,000 live births | 3.3 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 1990s | 108.57 per 1,000 live births | 111.95 per 1,000 live births | 3.38 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 94.4 per 1,000 live births | 79.82 per 1,000 live births | 14.58 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 58.49 per 1,000 live births | 52.22 per 1,000 live births | 6.27 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2020s | 45.2 per 1,000 live births | 44.54 per 1,000 live births | 0.66 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Congo or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 42.4 per 1,000 live births in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Congo and Kenya?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Kenya?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Kenya rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Congo ranks 42nd and Kenya ranks 40th of 196 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.