Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Kenya

Infant mortality rate in Kenya in 2024 — 34.2 per 1,000. Ranked 160 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 69.7%.

2024 34.2 per 1,000 −1.44% vs 2023
World rank 160of 196
Period maximum 112.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 34.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Kenya, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 112.7 per 1,0001962: 104.1 per 1,0001964: 97.9 per 1,0001966: 94 per 1,0001968: 90.8 per 1,0001970: 87.6 per 1,0001972: 84.3 per 1,0001974: 80.6 per 1,0001976: 76.6 per 1,0001978: 72.5 per 1,0001980: 68.8 per 1,0001982: 65.7 per 1,0001984: 63.5 per 1,0001986: 62.9 per 1,0001988: 64.3 per 1,0001990: 67.5 per 1,0001992: 70.4 per 1,0001994: 71.3 per 1,0001996: 70.2 per 1,0001998: 67.7 per 1,0002000: 63.7 per 1,0002002: 58.3 per 1,0002004: 52.6 per 1,0002006: 47 per 1,0002008: 42.6 per 1,0002010: 41.5 per 1,0002012: 41.1 per 1,0002014: 40 per 1,0002016: 38.4 per 1,0002018: 37.5 per 1,0002020: 36.5 per 1,0002022: 35.5 per 1,0002024: 34.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −78.5 (−69.65%) Average annual rate: -1.85 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kenya

Kenya 34.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 37.8 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 34.2 −0.5 −1.44%
2023 34.7 −0.8 −2.25%
2022 35.5 −0.5 −1.39%
2021 36 −0.5 −1.37%
2020 36.5 −0.5 −1.35%
2019 37 −0.5 −1.33%
2018 37.5 −0.7 −1.83%
2017 38.2 −0.2 −0.52%
2016 38.4 −0.5 −1.29%
2015 38.9 −1.1 −2.75%
2014 40 −0.7 −1.72%
2013 40.7 −0.4 −0.97%
2012 41.1 +0.1 +0.24%
2011 41 −0.5 −1.2%
2010 41.5 −0.6 −1.43%
2009 42.1 −0.5 −1.17%
2008 42.6 −2.4 −5.33%
2007 45 −2 −4.26%
2006 47 −2.5 −5.05%
2005 49.5 −3.1 −5.89%
2004 52.6 −2.9 −5.23%
2003 55.5 −2.8 −4.8%
2002 58.3 −2.9 −4.74%
2001 61.2 −2.5 −3.92%
2000 63.7 −2.3 −3.48%
1999 66 −1.7 −2.51%
1998 67.7 −1.4 −2.03%
1997 69.1 −1.1 −1.57%
1996 70.2 −0.7 −0.99%
1995 70.9 −0.4 −0.56%
1994 71.3 +0.1 +0.14%
1993 71.2 +0.8 +1.14%
1992 70.4 +1.3 +1.88%
1991 69.1 +1.6 +2.37%
1990 67.5 +1.7 +2.58%
1989 65.8 +1.5 +2.33%
1988 64.3 +1 +1.58%
1987 63.3 +0.4 +0.64%
1986 62.9 −0.1 −0.16%
1985 63 −0.5 −0.79%
1984 63.5 −0.9 −1.4%
1983 64.4 −1.3 −1.98%
1982 65.7 −1.4 −2.09%
1981 67.1 −1.7 −2.47%
1980 68.8 −1.7 −2.41%
1979 70.5 −2 −2.76%
1978 72.5 −2.1 −2.82%
1977 74.6 −2 −2.61%
1976 76.6 −2.1 −2.67%
1975 78.7 −1.9 −2.36%
1974 80.6 −1.9 −2.3%
1973 82.5 −1.8 −2.14%
1972 84.3 −1.7 −1.98%
1971 86 −1.6 −1.83%
1970 87.6 −1.6 −1.79%
1969 89.2 −1.6 −1.76%
1968 90.8 −1.6 −1.73%
1967 92.4 −1.6 −1.7%
1966 94 −1.7 −1.78%
1965 95.7 −2.2 −2.25%
1964 97.9 −2.8 −2.78%
1963 100.7 −3.4 −3.27%
1962 104.1 −4 −3.7%
1961 108.1 −4.6 −4.08%
1960 112.7

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.