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

Kenya, at 31,481 deaths against 29,116 deaths in Yemen as of 2024.

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

2,365 deaths, with Kenya ahead.

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

63 years are reported by both, from 1962 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 Yemen: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Kenya

31,481 deaths

in 2024

Yemen

29,116 deaths

in 2024

Kenya rank

15th

Yemen rank

16th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Kenya
Yemen

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 31,481 deaths against 29,116 deaths in Yemen, a difference of 2,365 deaths.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Yemen ahead.

Kenya ranks 15th and Yemen ranks 16th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	21,819 deaths	29,099 deaths	7,280 deaths	Yemen
1970s	23,838 deaths	30,288 deaths	6,450 deaths	Yemen
1980s	26,112 deaths	30,687 deaths	4,575 deaths	Yemen
1990s	28,689 deaths	30,553 deaths	1,864 deaths	Yemen
2000s	34,113 deaths	27,593 deaths	6,520 deaths	Kenya
2010s	33,821 deaths	26,808 deaths	7,014 deaths	Kenya
2020s	31,743 deaths	29,307 deaths	2,436 deaths	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Kenya or Yemen?: Kenya, at 31,481 deaths against 29,116 deaths in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Kenya and Yemen?: 2,365 deaths, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Yemen?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Yemen rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Kenya ranks 15th and Yemen ranks 16th 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 .