Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 2.56% to 41.9 in Kenya in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Kenya reached an all time high of 197 in 1960 and an all time low of 41.9 in 2020. When compared to Kenya's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia amounted to 48.7, 115 in Somalia, 48.9 in Tanzania and 43.3 in Uganda in 2020.
Kenya has been ranked 46th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | 99.2 | 95.9 | 92.8 | 89.6 | 86.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 68.0 | 65.8 | 63.8 | 61.8 | 59.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 47.9 | 46.3 | 44.8 | 43.3 | 41.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 65.9 | 62.4 | 59.0 | 55.9 | 53.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 50.6 | 48.9 | 47.2 | 45.9 | 44.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 88.4 | 84.0 | 80.4 | 78.0 | 75.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 49.7 | 47.7 | 46.0 | 44.6 | 43.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 138 | 134 | 130 | 126 | 122 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | 97.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 67.9 | 65.9 | 63.9 | 62.0 | 60.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 59.9 | 58.1 | 56.0 | 54.1 | 52.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 58.8 | 55.7 | 52.4 | 49.9 | 47.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 58.7 | 60.7 | 60.3 | 60.2 | 61.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 68.3 | 67.7 | 65.3 | 64.6 | 65.4 |
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