Kenya vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Number of under-five deaths
Number of under-five deaths over time
- Kenya
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
How they compare
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 658,274 against 58,200 in Kenya, a difference of 600,074.
That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 11.3 times Kenya's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 21st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111,037 | 1.21 million | 1.10 million | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 97,176 | 970,750 | 873,573 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 69,658 | 847,467 | 777,809 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 59,371 | 691,394 | 632,023 | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Kenya or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 658,274 against 58,200 in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Kenya and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- 600,074, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for number of under-five deaths?
- Kenya ranks 21st and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.