Israel vs Kenya: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.3 per 100 live births in Israel and 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.6 per 100 live births, or 12 times that in Israel.

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

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What the numbers say

Kenya has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
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

Year	Israel	Kenya	World
2024	0.3	3.9	3.7
2023	0.3	4	3.8
2022	0.3	4.1	4
2021	0.4	4.1	4
2020	0.4	4.2	3.9
2019	0.4	4.3	4
2018	0.4	4.4	4
2017	0.4	4.5	4.1
2016	0.4	4.6	4.2
2015	0.4	4.7	4.3
2014	0.4	4.8	4.4
2013	0.4	4.9	4.5
2012	0.4	5.1	4.7
2011	0.4	5.2	5
2010	0.5	5.3	5.1
2009	0.5	5.5	5.3
2008	0.5	5.8	5.5
2007	0.5	6.3	5.7
2006	0.5	6.7	6
2005	0.6	7.1	6.2
2004	0.6	7.6	6.6
2003	0.6	8.1	6.8
2002	0.6	8.6	7.1
2001	0.7	9.1	7.4
2000	0.7	9.5	7.7
1999	0.7	10	7.9
1998	0.8	10.3	8.3
1997	0.8	10.6	8.4
1996	0.8	10.8	8.6
1995	0.9	10.9	8.8
1994	0.9	11	8.9
1993	1	10.9	9.1
1992	1	10.7	9.2
1991	1.1	10.4	9.3
1990	1.2	10.1	9.4
1989	1.2	9.9	9.5
1988	1.3	9.6	10
1987	1.3	9.5	9.9
1986	1.4	9.5	10.3
1985	1.4	9.6	10.6
1984	1.5	9.8	10.9
1983	1.6	10	11.1
1982	1.7	10.3	11.2
1981	1.7	10.6	11.6
1980	1.8	11	11.9
1979	1.9	11.4	11.9
1978	2.1	11.8	12.3
1977	2.2	12.2	12.6
1976	2.3	12.7	12.8
1975	2.5	13.1	13.1
1974	2.6	13.5	13.3
1973	2.7	13.9	13.5
1972	2.8	14.3	13.7
1971	2.9	14.7	13.9
1970	3	15	14.2
1969	3.1	15.4	14.6
1968	3.2	15.7	15
1967	3.4	16	15.3
1966	3.5	16.3	15.1
1965	3.7	16.7	15.1
1964	3.9	17.1	15.7
1963	4.1	17.6	16.2
1962	4.3	18.2	17
1961	4.5	18.9	18.8
1960	4.7	19.7	20.2
1959	5	20.6	19.9
1958	5.2	21.7	19.7
1957	5.4	22.8	20.5
1956	5.7	24	21.3
1955	5.9	25.4	22.3
1954	6.2	26.8	22.8
1953	6.4	28.4	23.3
1952	6.7	30	23.9
1951	5.3	30.5	24.3
1950	6.1	32	24.7
1949	6.9	–	24.9
1948	4.6	–	24.9
1947	3.7	–	25.5
1946	4	–	25.8
1945	4.6	–	26.7
1944	4.6	–	27.4
1943	5.7	–	27.7
1942	7.8	–	27.9
1941	7.5	–	27.8
1940	8	–	27.9
1939	7.2	–	28
1938	8	–	28.7
1937	7.7	–	28.8
1936	9.5	–	29.1
1935	8.7	–	29.5
1934	11	–	30.7
1933	11.5	–	30.5
1932	12.4	–	30.7
1931	11.7	–	31.4
1930	9.5	–	31.6
1929	13.1	–	32
1928	14.2	–	31.9
1927	17.7	–	31.9
1926	16.4	–	32.7
1925	20.9	–	32.4
1924	16	–	33.1
1923	19.8	–	33.1
1922	23.2	–	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

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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.

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