Kenya vs Myanmar (Burma)

Kenya vs Myanmar (Burma): Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya and 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma), by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.05 times that in Myanmar (Burma).

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

Kenya vs Myanmar (Burma): Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya and 3.7 per 100 live births in Myanmar (Burma), by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.05 times that in Myanmar (Burma).
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What the numbers say

  • Kenya has been higher since 2021.
  • 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

YearKenyaMyanmar (Burma)World
20243.93.73.7
202343.83.8
20224.144
20214.14.14
20204.24.23.9
20194.34.44
20184.44.54
20174.54.74.1
20164.64.94.2
20154.75.14.3
20144.85.24.4
20134.95.54.5
20125.15.74.7
20115.265
20105.36.25.1
20095.56.55.3
20085.810.25.5
20076.37.15.7
20066.77.46
20057.17.66.2
20047.67.96.6
20038.18.26.8
20028.68.47.1
20019.18.77.4
20009.58.97.7
1999109.17.9
199810.39.48.3
199710.69.68.4
199610.89.98.6
199510.910.28.8
19941110.48.9
199310.910.79.1
199210.710.99.2
199110.411.29.3
199010.111.59.4
19899.911.79.5
19889.611.910
19879.512.29.9
19869.512.410.3
19859.612.610.6
19849.812.810.9
19831013.111.1
198210.313.311.2
198110.613.611.6
19801113.911.9
197911.414.211.9
197811.814.512.3
197712.214.812.6
197612.715.212.8
197513.115.613.1
197413.515.913.3
197313.916.313.5
197214.316.613.7
197114.71713.9
19701517.314.2
196915.417.614.6
196815.71815
196716–15.3
196616.3–15.1
196516.7–15.1
196417.1–15.7
196317.6–16.2
196218.2–17
196118.9–18.8
196019.727.520.2
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

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.

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