Mortality rate, infant in Kenya
Kenya: Mortality rate, infant was 34.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, infant in Kenya, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, infant in Kenya stood at 34.2 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Kenya peaked at 112.7 per 1,000 live births in 1960 and was at its lowest, 34.2 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Kenya ranks 37th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98.56 per 1,000 live births | 89.2 per 1,000 live births | 112.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1970s | 79.39 per 1,000 live births | 70.5 per 1,000 live births | 87.6 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.88 per 1,000 live births | 62.9 per 1,000 live births | 68.8 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.34 per 1,000 live births | 66 per 1,000 live births | 71.3 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 51.75 per 1,000 live births | 42.1 per 1,000 live births | 63.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.43 per 1,000 live births | 37 per 1,000 live births | 41.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.38 per 1,000 live births | 34.2 per 1,000 live births | 36.5 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mortality rate, infant in Kenya?
- Mortality rate, infant in Kenya was 34.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 112.7 per 1,000 live births in 1960.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for mortality rate, infant?
- Kenya ranks 37th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.