Kenya vs Malawi: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya and 4.9 per 100 live births in Malawi, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Malawi, by 1 per 100 live births, or 1.26 times that in Kenya.

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

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What the numbers say

Malawi has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
In 2024, Kenya ranked 43 and Malawi ranked 30 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

Year	Kenya	Malawi	World
2024	3.9	4.9	3.7
2023	4	5	3.8
2022	4.1	5	4
2021	4.1	5	4
2020	4.2	5	3.9
2019	4.3	5.1	4
2018	4.4	5.2	4
2017	4.5	5.4	4.1
2016	4.6	5.6	4.2
2015	4.7	5.7	4.3
2014	4.8	6	4.4
2013	4.9	6.3	4.5
2012	5.1	6.8	4.7
2011	5.2	7.4	5
2010	5.3	8	5.1
2009	5.5	8.5	5.3
2008	5.8	9.1	5.5
2007	6.3	9.7	5.7
2006	6.7	10.3	6
2005	7.1	11	6.2
2004	7.6	11.9	6.6
2003	8.1	13	6.8
2002	8.6	14.3	7.1
2001	9.1	23.9	7.4
2000	9.5	17.1	7.7
1999	10	18.2	7.9
1998	10.3	19.1	8.3
1997	10.6	19.8	8.4
1996	10.8	20.3	8.6
1995	10.9	20.8	8.8
1994	11	21.5	8.9
1993	10.9	22.2	9.1
1992	10.7	22.9	9.2
1991	10.4	23.7	9.3
1990	10.1	24.4	9.4
1989	9.9	24.9	9.5
1988	9.6	25.3	10
1987	9.5	25.5	9.9
1986	9.5	25.4	10.3
1985	9.6	25.1	10.6
1984	9.8	24.8	10.9
1983	10	24.6	11.1
1982	10.3	24.6	11.2
1981	10.6	25	11.6
1980	11	25.7	11.9
1979	11.4	26.5	11.9
1978	11.8	27.5	12.3
1977	12.2	28.5	12.6
1976	12.7	29.5	12.8
1975	13.1	30.5	13.1
1974	13.5	31.4	13.3
1973	13.9	32.2	13.5
1972	14.3	33	13.7
1971	14.7	33.7	13.9
1970	15	34.2	14.2
1969	15.4	34.5	14.6
1968	15.7	34.7	15
1967	16	34.9	15.3
1966	16.3	35.1	15.1
1965	16.7	35.2	15.1
1964	17.1	35.4	15.7
1963	17.6	35.5	16.2
1962	18.2	35.7	17
1961	18.9	35.9	18.8
1960	19.7	–	20.2
1959	20.6	–	19.9
1958	21.7	–	19.7
1957	22.8	–	20.5
1956	24	–	21.3
1955	25.4	–	22.3
1954	26.8	–	22.8
1953	28.4	–	23.3
1952	30	–	23.9
1951	30.5	–	24.3
1950	32	–	24.7
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

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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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