Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rates at age 25
Kenya
0.3654 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
0.3826 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kenya rank
26th
Zimbabwe rank
24th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Kenya
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 0.3826 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.3654 deaths per 1,000 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.0172 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 26th and Zimbabwe ranks 24th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.9829 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6742 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3088 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 1960s | 0.5896 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5449 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0447 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 1970s | 0.4609 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7145 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2536 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 0.3801 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4616 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0816 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 0.5119 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8272 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3153 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 0.4884 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5554 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 0.3974 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5426 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1452 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 0.3725 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3906 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0182 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Kenya or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 0.3826 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 Kenya and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0172 deaths per 1,000 people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zimbabwe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Kenya ranks 26th and Zimbabwe ranks 24th 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.