Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Kenya

Under-five mortality rate in Kenya in 2024 — 38.8 per 1,000. Ranked 154 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.3%.

2024 38.8 per 1,000 −2.02% vs 2023
World rank 154of 196
Period maximum 197.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 38.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Kenya, 1960–202405010015020019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 197.2 per 1,0001962: 182 per 1,0001964: 170.7 per 1,0001966: 163.2 per 1,0001968: 156.8 per 1,0001970: 150.2 per 1,0001972: 143.2 per 1,0001974: 135.2 per 1,0001976: 126.6 per 1,0001978: 117.8 per 1,0001980: 109.7 per 1,0001982: 102.7 per 1,0001984: 97.5 per 1,0001986: 95.1 per 1,0001988: 96.4 per 1,0001990: 101.4 per 1,0001992: 107.1 per 1,0001994: 109.7 per 1,0001996: 108 per 1,0001998: 103 per 1,0002000: 95.2 per 1,0002002: 85.6 per 1,0002004: 76.1 per 1,0002006: 66.8 per 1,0002008: 58 per 1,0002010: 53.1 per 1,0002012: 50.7 per 1,0002014: 48.3 per 1,0002016: 45.5 per 1,0002018: 43.7 per 1,0002020: 42.1 per 1,0002022: 40.5 per 1,0002024: 38.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −158.4 (−80.32%) Average annual rate: -2.51 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 38.8 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 49.6 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 38.8 −0.8 −2.02%
2023 39.6 −0.9 −2.22%
2022 40.5 −0.8 −1.94%
2021 41.3 −0.8 −1.9%
2020 42.1 −0.6 −1.41%
2019 42.7 −1 −2.29%
2018 43.7 −1 −2.24%
2017 44.7 −0.8 −1.76%
2016 45.5 −1.3 −2.78%
2015 46.8 −1.5 −3.11%
2014 48.3 −1.1 −2.23%
2013 49.4 −1.3 −2.56%
2012 50.7 −1 −1.93%
2011 51.7 −1.4 −2.64%
2010 53.1 −2.1 −3.8%
2009 55.2 −2.8 −4.83%
2008 58 −4.9 −7.79%
2007 62.9 −3.9 −5.84%
2006 66.8 −4.4 −6.18%
2005 71.2 −4.9 −6.44%
2004 76.1 −4.7 −5.82%
2003 80.8 −4.8 −5.61%
2002 85.6 −4.9 −5.41%
2001 90.5 −4.7 −4.94%
2000 95.2 −4.3 −4.32%
1999 99.5 −3.5 −3.4%
1998 103 −2.9 −2.74%
1997 105.9 −2.1 −1.94%
1996 108 −1.3 −1.19%
1995 109.3 −0.4 −0.36%
1994 109.7 +0.7 +0.64%
1993 109 +1.9 +1.77%
1992 107.1 +2.7 +2.59%
1991 104.4 +3 +2.96%
1990 101.4 +2.8 +2.84%
1989 98.6 +2.2 +2.28%
1988 96.4 +1.2 +1.26%
1987 95.2 +0.1 +0.11%
1986 95.1 −0.8 −0.83%
1985 95.9 −1.6 −1.64%
1984 97.5 −2.3 −2.3%
1983 99.8 −2.9 −2.82%
1982 102.7 −3.3 −3.11%
1981 106 −3.7 −3.37%
1980 109.7 −3.8 −3.35%
1979 113.5 −4.3 −3.65%
1978 117.8 −4.4 −3.6%
1977 122.2 −4.4 −3.48%
1976 126.6 −4.4 −3.36%
1975 131 −4.2 −3.11%
1974 135.2 −4.1 −2.94%
1973 139.3 −3.9 −2.72%
1972 143.2 −3.6 −2.45%
1971 146.8 −3.4 −2.26%
1970 150.2 −3.4 −2.21%
1969 153.6 −3.2 −2.04%
1968 156.8 −3.2 −2%
1967 160 −3.2 −1.96%
1966 163.2 −3.4 −2.04%
1965 166.6 −4.1 −2.4%
1964 170.7 −5.1 −2.9%
1963 175.8 −6.2 −3.41%
1962 182 −7.1 −3.75%
1961 189.1 −8.1 −4.11%
1960 197.2

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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