Kenya vs Post-demographic dividend: Mortality rate, under-5
Kenya
38.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Post-demographic dividend
4.86 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Post-demographic dividend rank
44th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Kenya
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 4.86 per 1,000 live births in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 33.94 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Kenya's figure about 8.0 times Post-demographic dividend's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 43rd and Post-demographic dividend ranks 44th of 196 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 105.73 per 1,000 live births | 9.07 per 1,000 live births | 96.66 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2000s | 74.23 per 1,000 live births | 6.55 per 1,000 live births | 67.68 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2010s | 47.66 per 1,000 live births | 5.22 per 1,000 live births | 42.44 per 1,000 live births | Kenya |
| 2020s | 40.46 per 1,000 live births | 4.86 per 1,000 live births | 35.6 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, Kenya or Post-demographic dividend?
- Kenya, at 38.8 per 1,000 live births against 4.86 per 1,000 live births in Post-demographic dividend as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Kenya and Post-demographic dividend?
- 33.94 per 1,000 live births, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Post-demographic dividend?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Kenya ranks 43rd and Post-demographic dividend ranks 44th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.