Which has higher number of child deaths, Kenya or Madagascar?

Madagascar, at 61,923 deaths against 58,200 deaths in Kenya as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Kenya and Madagascar?

3,723 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.

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

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kenya vs Madagascar: Number of child deaths

Kenya

58,200 deaths

in 2024

Madagascar

61,923 deaths

in 2024

Kenya rank

21st

Madagascar rank

19th

Number of child deaths over time

Kenya
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 61,923 deaths against 58,200 deaths in Kenya, a difference of 3,723 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	81,900 deaths	63,560 deaths	18,340 deaths	Kenya
1980s	84,084 deaths	90,432 deaths	6,349 deaths	Madagascar
1990s	111,037 deaths	75,883 deaths	35,154 deaths	Kenya
2000s	97,176 deaths	61,976 deaths	35,200 deaths	Kenya
2010s	69,658 deaths	55,766 deaths	13,892 deaths	Kenya
2020s	59,371 deaths	61,840 deaths	2,470 deaths	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Kenya or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 61,923 deaths against 58,200 deaths in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Kenya and Madagascar?: 3,723 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Madagascar rank globally for number of child deaths?: Kenya ranks 21st and Madagascar ranks 19th 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of 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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .