Number of under-five deaths, female in Kenya
Kenya: Number of under-five deaths, female was 25,775 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, female in Kenya, 1960–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
In 2024, number of under-five deaths, female in Kenya stood at 25,775. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, female in Kenya peaked at 53,848 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 25,775, in 2024.
That places Kenya 21st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 37,876 | 36,808 | 39,737 | 10 |
| 1970s | 39,502 | 37,992 | 40,401 | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,156 | 37,447 | 44,004 | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,681 | 46,209 | 53,848 | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,360 | 36,338 | 51,941 | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,057 | 27,376 | 35,336 | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,313 | 25,775 | 26,916 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 18 Cote d'Ivoire 27,961 compare
- 19 Cameroon 27,830 compare
- 20 Madagascar 27,822 compare
- 22 Burkina Faso 24,895 compare
- 23 Egypt 24,359 compare
- 24 China 24,211 compare
More education data for Kenya
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.2% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 281,500 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 96.6% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 99.8% (2023)
- Labor force, female 47.4% (2025)
- Labor force, total 24.71 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, female in Kenya?
- Number of under-five deaths, female in Kenya was 25,775 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 53,848 in 1997.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,775 in 2024.
- How does Kenya rank for number of under-five deaths, female?
- Kenya ranks 21st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, female rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female children dying before reaching age five.