Kenya vs Mauritania: Youth mortality rate
Kenya
4.31 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Mauritania
4.34 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
48th
Mauritania rank
47th
Youth mortality rate over time
- Kenya
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 4.34 deaths per 100 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 55 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 48th and Mauritania ranks 47th of 199 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 14.99 deaths per 100 live births | 23.49 deaths per 100 live births | 8.49 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 11.48 deaths per 100 live births | 16.46 deaths per 100 live births | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 12.09 deaths per 100 live births | 12.61 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5163 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 8.64 deaths per 100 live births | 8.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.238 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 5.54 deaths per 100 live births | 5.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3435 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 4.52 deaths per 100 live births | 4.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1122 deaths per 100 live births | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Kenya or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 4.34 deaths per 100 live births against 4.31 deaths per 100 live births in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Kenya and Mauritania?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mauritania?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Mauritania rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Kenya ranks 48th and Mauritania ranks 47th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.