Kenya vs Namibia: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Kenya
34.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Namibia
35.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Kenya rank
43rd
Namibia rank
42nd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Kenya
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 35.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.7 per 1,000 live births in Kenya, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1967 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 43rd and Namibia ranks 42nd of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.