Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Kenya or Mozambique?

Mozambique, at 32,136 deaths against 31,481 deaths in Kenya as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Kenya and Mozambique?

655 deaths, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mozambique?

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Mozambique: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Kenya

31,481 deaths

in 2024

Mozambique

32,136 deaths

in 2024

Kenya rank

15th

Mozambique rank

14th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Kenya
Mozambique

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 32,136 deaths against 31,481 deaths in Kenya, a difference of 655 deaths.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Mozambique ahead.

Kenya ranks 15th and Mozambique ranks 14th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 2 and Mozambique in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Mozambique	Difference	Ahead
1980s	26,259 deaths	38,927 deaths	12,668 deaths	Mozambique
1990s	28,689 deaths	37,544 deaths	8,856 deaths	Mozambique
2000s	34,113 deaths	30,018 deaths	4,095 deaths	Kenya
2010s	33,821 deaths	28,884 deaths	4,938 deaths	Kenya
2020s	31,743 deaths	32,005 deaths	262.4 deaths	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Kenya or Mozambique?: Mozambique, at 32,136 deaths against 31,481 deaths in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Kenya and Mozambique?: 655 deaths, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mozambique?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Mozambique rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Kenya ranks 15th and Mozambique ranks 14th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .