Gambia vs Kenya: Mortality rates at age 25
Gambia
0.3837 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kenya
0.3654 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gambia rank
23rd
Kenya rank
26th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Gambia
- Kenya
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 0.3837 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.3654 deaths per 1,000 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.0183 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gambia ahead.
Gambia ranks 23rd and Kenya ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9829 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0746 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1960s | 0.964 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5896 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3744 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1970s | 0.8575 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4609 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3967 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1980s | 0.7631 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3801 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3831 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 1990s | 0.6256 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5119 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1137 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2000s | 0.53 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4884 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0415 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2010s | 0.442 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3974 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0446 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
| 2020s | 0.3894 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3725 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0169 deaths per 1,000 people | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Gambia or Kenya?
- Gambia, at 0.3837 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.3654 deaths per 1,000 people in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Gambia and Kenya?
- 0.0183 deaths per 1,000 people, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Kenya?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gambia and Kenya rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Gambia ranks 23rd and Kenya ranks 26th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.