Kenya vs Singapore

Kenya vs Singapore: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya and 0.3 per 100 live births in Singapore, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.6 per 100 live births, or 14 times that in Singapore.

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

Kenya vs Singapore: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 3.9 per 100 live births in Kenya and 0.3 per 100 live births in Singapore, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Kenya, by 3.6 per 100 live births, or 14 times that in Singapore.
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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

YearKenyaSingaporeWorld
20243.90.33.7
202340.33.8
20224.10.34
20214.10.24
20204.20.23.9
20194.30.34
20184.40.34
20174.50.34.1
20164.60.34.2
20154.70.34.3
20144.80.34.4
20134.90.34.5
20125.10.34.7
20115.20.35
20105.30.35.1
20095.50.35.3
20085.80.35.5
20076.30.35.7
20066.70.36
20057.10.36.2
20047.60.36.6
20038.10.36.8
20028.60.37.1
20019.10.47.4
20009.50.47.7
1999100.47.9
199810.30.48.3
199710.60.58.4
199610.80.58.6
199510.90.58.8
1994110.58.9
199310.90.69.1
199210.70.69.2
199110.40.79.3
199010.10.89.4
19899.90.89.5
19889.60.910
19879.519.9
19869.5110.3
19859.61.110.6
19849.81.210.9
1983101.211.1
198210.31.311.2
198110.61.411.6
1980111.511.9
197911.41.511.9
197811.81.512.3
197712.21.512.6
197612.71.612.8
197513.11.813.1
197413.5213.3
197313.92.213.5
197214.32.413.7
197114.72.613.9
1970152.714.2
196915.42.914.6
196815.7315
1967163.215.3
196616.33.315.1
196516.73.515.1
196417.13.715.7
196317.63.816.2
196218.24.117
196118.94.418.8
196019.74.820.2
195920.65.219.9
195821.75.719.7
195722.86.220.5
1956246.721.3
195525.47.222.3
195426.87.822.8
195328.48.523.3
1952309.723.9
195130.510.524.3
19503211.724.7
1949–1024.9
1948–11.524.9
1947–12.625.5
1946–13.125.8
1945–35.126.7
1944–46.327.4
1943–31.627.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940–2327.9
1939–20.728
1938–25.928.7
1937–25.228.8
1936–27.929.1
1935–25.929.5
1934–27.530.7
1933–27.330.5
1932–28.830.7
1931–32.231.4
1930–34.831.6
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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