What is child mortality in Kenya?

Child mortality in Kenya was 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality recorded in Kenya?

The highest recorded value was 50.79 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Kenya?

The lowest recorded value was 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Kenya rank for child mortality?

Kenya ranks 43rd out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Kenya?

Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Kenya data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality in Kenya

Name: Child mortality in Kenya
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Kenya: Child mortality was 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

3.88 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 2.0%

World rank

43rd

of 203 countries

All-time high

50.79 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

3.88 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Kenya, 1800–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Kenya recorded 3.88 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Kenya peaked at 50.79 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 3.88 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Kenya 43rd out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 225 years of available data.

Child mortality in Kenya, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality in Kenya, 1800 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1800	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	—
1801	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1802	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1803	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1804	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1805	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1806	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1807	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1808	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1809	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1810	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1811	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1812	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1813	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1814	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1815	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1816	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1817	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1818	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1819	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1820	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1821	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1822	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1823	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1824	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1825	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1826	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1827	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1828	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1829	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1830	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1831	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1832	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1833	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1834	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1835	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1836	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1837	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1838	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1839	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1840	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1841	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1842	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1843	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1844	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1845	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1846	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1847	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1848	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1849	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1850	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1851	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1852	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1853	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1854	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1855	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1856	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1857	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1858	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1859	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1860	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1861	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1862	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1863	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1864	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1865	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1866	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1867	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1868	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1869	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1870	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1871	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1872	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1873	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1874	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1875	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1876	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1877	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1878	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1879	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1880	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1881	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1882	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1883	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1884	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1885	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1886	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1887	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1888	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1889	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1890	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1892	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1893	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1894	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1895	50.78 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1896	50.77 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1897	50.76 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1898	50.74 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1899	50.71 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1900	50.68 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1901	50.63 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1902	50.58 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1903	50.52 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1904	50.46 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1905	50.38 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1906	50.3 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1907	50.21 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1908	50.11 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1909	50 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1910	49.89 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1911	49.77 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1912	49.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1913	49.54 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1914	49.42 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1915	49.3 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1916	49.18 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1917	49.06 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1918	48.94 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1919	48.82 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1920	48.7 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1921	48.58 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1922	48.46 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1923	48.78 deaths per 100 live births	+0.6%
1924	49.09 deaths per 100 live births	+0.6%
1925	49.41 deaths per 100 live births	+0.6%
1926	49.87 deaths per 100 live births	+0.9%
1927	50.19 deaths per 100 live births	+0.6%
1928	49.62 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1929	49.21 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1930	48.65 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1931	48.16 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1932	47.69 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1933	47.07 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1934	46.6 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1935	46 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1936	45.54 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1937	44.95 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1938	44.37 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1939	43.79 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1940	43.22 deaths per 100 live births	-1.3%
1941	41.81 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1942	40.44 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1943	39.12 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1944	37.84 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1945	36.6 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1946	35.4 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1947	34.24 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1948	33.12 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1949	32.04 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1950	30.99 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1951	30.8 deaths per 100 live births	-0.6%
1952	30.02 deaths per 100 live births	-2.5%
1953	28.36 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
1954	26.79 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1955	25.35 deaths per 100 live births	-5.4%
1956	24 deaths per 100 live births	-5.3%
1957	22.78 deaths per 100 live births	-5.1%
1958	21.66 deaths per 100 live births	-4.9%
1959	20.64 deaths per 100 live births	-4.7%
1960	19.72 deaths per 100 live births	-4.5%
1961	18.91 deaths per 100 live births	-4.1%
1962	18.2 deaths per 100 live births	-3.8%
1963	17.58 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1964	17.07 deaths per 100 live births	-2.9%
1965	16.66 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
1966	16.32 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
1967	16 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1968	15.68 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
1969	15.36 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
1970	15.02 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
1971	14.68 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
1972	14.32 deaths per 100 live births	-2.5%
1973	13.93 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
1974	13.52 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
1975	13.1 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1976	12.66 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1977	12.22 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1978	11.78 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1979	11.35 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1980	10.97 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1981	10.6 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1982	10.27 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1983	9.98 deaths per 100 live births	-2.8%
1984	9.75 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
1985	9.59 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1986	9.51 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1987	9.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1988	9.64 deaths per 100 live births	+1.3%
1989	9.86 deaths per 100 live births	+2.2%
1990	10.14 deaths per 100 live births	+2.9%
1991	10.44 deaths per 100 live births	+3.0%
1992	10.71 deaths per 100 live births	+2.6%
1993	10.9 deaths per 100 live births	+1.8%
1994	10.97 deaths per 100 live births	+0.7%
1995	10.93 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1996	10.8 deaths per 100 live births	-1.2%
1997	10.59 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
1998	10.3 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
1999	9.95 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
2000	9.52 deaths per 100 live births	-4.3%
2001	9.05 deaths per 100 live births	-4.9%
2002	8.56 deaths per 100 live births	-5.4%
2003	8.08 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
2004	7.61 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
2005	7.12 deaths per 100 live births	-6.4%
2006	6.68 deaths per 100 live births	-6.1%
2007	6.29 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
2008	5.8 deaths per 100 live births	-7.8%
2009	5.52 deaths per 100 live births	-4.8%
2010	5.31 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
2011	5.17 deaths per 100 live births	-2.8%
2012	5.07 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
2013	4.94 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
2014	4.83 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
2015	4.68 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
2016	4.55 deaths per 100 live births	-2.8%
2017	4.47 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
2018	4.37 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
2019	4.27 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
2020	4.21 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
2021	4.13 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
2022	4.05 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
2023	3.96 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
2024	3.88 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%

Kenya compared with similar countries

Kenya's 3.88 deaths per 100 live births is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.69 deaths per 100 live births, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Kenya's 3.88 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.89 deaths per 100 live births, 79% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	50.77 deaths per 100 live births	50.71 deaths per 100 live births	50.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	50.39 deaths per 100 live births	50 deaths per 100 live births	50.68 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	49.36 deaths per 100 live births	48.82 deaths per 100 live births	49.89 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	49.19 deaths per 100 live births	48.46 deaths per 100 live births	50.19 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	46.28 deaths per 100 live births	43.79 deaths per 100 live births	48.65 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	37.38 deaths per 100 live births	32.04 deaths per 100 live births	43.22 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	26.14 deaths per 100 live births	20.64 deaths per 100 live births	30.99 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	17.15 deaths per 100 live births	15.36 deaths per 100 live births	19.72 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	13.26 deaths per 100 live births	11.35 deaths per 100 live births	15.02 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	9.97 deaths per 100 live births	9.51 deaths per 100 live births	10.97 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	10.57 deaths per 100 live births	9.95 deaths per 100 live births	10.97 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	7.42 deaths per 100 live births	5.52 deaths per 100 live births	9.52 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	4.77 deaths per 100 live births	4.27 deaths per 100 live births	5.31 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	4.05 deaths per 100 live births	3.88 deaths per 100 live births	4.21 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Kenya

40 Congo 3.91 deaths per 100 live births compare
41 Turkmenistan 3.9 deaths per 100 live births compare
42 Comoros 3.9 deaths per 100 live births compare
44 Yemen 3.81 deaths per 100 live births compare
45 Palestine 3.79 deaths per 100 live births compare
46 Rwanda 3.77 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More health data for Kenya

Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.44 % change on previous year (2100)
Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6026 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,119 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 16,059 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 89 (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0621 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

All data for Kenya →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Kenya?: Child mortality in Kenya was 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality recorded in Kenya?: The highest recorded value was 50.79 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Kenya?: The lowest recorded value was 3.88 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Kenya rank for child mortality?: Kenya ranks 43rd out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Kenya?: Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kenya data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 225 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Child mortality in Kenya. Statizoid, drawing on Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/child-mortality-complete-gapminder/kenya/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/child-mortality-complete-gapminder/kenya/">Child mortality in Kenya</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.