Kenya vs Tuvalu: Mortality rates at age 65
Kenya
4.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Tuvalu
4.23 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kenya rank
9th
Tuvalu rank
6th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Kenya
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 4.23 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Kenya ranks 9th and Tuvalu ranks 6th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Tuvalu in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.29 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.8295 deaths per 1,000 people | Tuvalu |
| 1960s | 3.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.04 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 3.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 5 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.36 deaths per 1,000 people | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 3.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.86 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.39 deaths per 1,000 people | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 4.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5613 deaths per 1,000 people | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.5 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2461 deaths per 1,000 people | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 4.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2878 deaths per 1,000 people | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 4.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.34 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3015 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Kenya or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 4.23 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Kenya and Tuvalu?
- 0.18 deaths per 1,000 people, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tuvalu?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Tuvalu rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Kenya ranks 9th and Tuvalu ranks 6th 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 65. 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.