Ethiopia vs Kenya

Ethiopia vs Kenya: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 1.15 times that in Kenya.

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Change since 1990, % · Gapminder and UN IGME

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Ethiopia vs Kenya: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 4.5 per 100 live births in Ethiopia and 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Ethiopia, by 0.6 per 100 live births, or 1.15 times that in Kenya.
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Latest figures

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Ethiopia4.5 20246.836 of 200
Kenya3.9 20244.843 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • Ethiopia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1966.
  • In 2024, Ethiopia ranked 36 and Kenya ranked 43 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearEthiopiaKenyaWorld
20244.53.93.7
20235.243.8
20226.84.14
202174.14
20205.24.23.9
20195.44.34
20185.64.44
20175.84.54.1
20166.14.64.2
20156.44.74.3
20146.84.84.4
20137.14.94.5
20127.55.14.7
20117.95.25
20108.35.35.1
20098.75.55.3
20089.25.85.5
20079.76.35.7
200610.26.76
200510.87.16.2
200411.57.66.6
200312.18.16.8
200212.78.67.1
200113.49.17.4
2000149.57.7
199914.6107.9
199815.310.38.3
199715.910.68.4
199616.610.88.6
199517.210.98.8
199417.9118.9
199318.610.99.1
199219.210.79.2
199119.710.49.3
199020.210.19.4
198920.79.99.5
198821.19.610
198721.59.59.9
1986309.510.3
198530.69.610.6
198431.79.810.9
198332.31011.1
198223.610.311.2
198123.910.611.6
198024.21111.9
197924.411.411.9
197824.611.812.3
197724.612.212.6
197624.712.712.8
197528.513.113.1
197428.613.513.3
197328.813.913.5
197228.914.313.7
197124.914.713.9
1970251514.2
19692515.414.6
19682515.715
196725.11615.3
196625.116.315.1
1965–16.715.1
1964–17.115.7
1963–17.616.2
1962–18.217
1961–18.918.8
1960–19.720.2
1959–20.619.9
1958–21.719.7
1957–22.820.5
1956–2421.3
1955–25.422.3
1954–26.822.8
1953–28.423.3
1952–3023.9
1951–30.524.3
1950–3224.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time