Kenya vs Mozambique

Kenya vs Mozambique: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 2.1 per 100 live births, or 1.53 times that in Kenya.

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

Kenya vs Mozambique: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya and 5.9 per 100 live births in Mozambique, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mozambique, by 2.1 per 100 live births, or 1.53 times that in Kenya.
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What the numbers say

  • Mozambique has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
  • In 2024, Kenya ranked 43 and Mozambique ranked 22 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

YearKenyaMozambiqueWorld
20243.95.93.7
202346.23.8
20224.16.44
20214.16.64
20204.26.83.9
20194.36.94
20184.474
20174.57.24.1
20164.67.34.2
20154.77.64.3
20144.884.4
20134.98.34.5
20125.18.74.7
20115.29.15
20105.39.65.1
20095.59.85.3
20085.810.45.5
20076.311.15.7
20066.711.96
20057.112.66.2
20047.613.36.6
20038.1146.8
20028.614.87.1
20019.115.67.4
20009.516.57.7
19991017.47.9
199810.318.48.3
199710.619.48.4
199610.820.38.6
199510.921.18.8
19941121.78.9
199310.922.39.1
199210.722.89.2
199110.423.29.3
199010.123.59.4
19899.923.89.5
19889.624.110
19879.524.49.9
19869.524.810.3
19859.625.110.6
19849.825.510.9
19831025.811.1
198210.32611.2
198110.630.911.6
19801126.211.9
197911.426.311.9
197811.826.412.3
197712.226.512.6
197612.726.612.8
197513.126.713.1
197413.526.913.3
197313.92713.5
197214.327.213.7
197114.727.313.9
19701527.314.2
196915.427.414.6
196815.727.415
19671627.415.3
196616.327.315.1
196516.727.215.1
196417.127.115.7
196317.62716.2
196218.22817
196118.9–18.8
196019.7–20.2
195920.6–19.9
195821.7–19.7
195722.8–20.5
195624–21.3
195525.4–22.3
195426.8–22.8
195328.4–23.3
195230–23.9
195130.5–24.3
195032–24.7
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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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.

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