Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rates at age 65
Kenya
4.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
4.17 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Kenya rank
9th
Zimbabwe rank
7th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Kenya
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 4.17 deaths per 1,000 people against 4.05 deaths per 1,000 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.12 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 9th and Zimbabwe ranks 7th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Zimbabwe in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.14 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3264 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 1960s | 3.91 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0265 deaths per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 1970s | 3.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1864 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 3.48 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4236 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 4.12 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.2 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 4.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 6.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.84 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 4.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.45 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2388 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 4.64 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.49 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1543 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 Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 4.17 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 Zimbabwe?
- 0.12 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 65?
- Kenya ranks 9th and Zimbabwe ranks 7th 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.