Kenya vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Kenya
42.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
14.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
40th
Upper middle income rank
37th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Kenya
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 28.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kenya's figure about 3.0 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 40th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 197 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111.95 per 1,000 live births | 51.45 per 1,000 live births | 60.5 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 79.82 per 1,000 live births | 31.54 per 1,000 live births | 48.28 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 52.22 per 1,000 live births | 18.12 per 1,000 live births | 34.1 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2020s | 44.54 per 1,000 live births | 14.82 per 1,000 live births | 29.72 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, male, Kenya or Upper middle income?
- Kenya, at 42.7 per 1,000 live births against 14.2 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Kenya and Upper middle income?
- 28.5 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Kenya ranks 40th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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.