Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 1.87% to 21.0 in Kenya in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Kenya reached an all time high of 48.4 in 1960 and an all time low of 21.0 in 2019. When compared to Kenya's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia amounted to 27.8, 37.4 in Somalia, 20.6 in Tanzania and 19.8 in Uganda in 2019.
Kenya has been ranked 44th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (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 | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Djibouti | 34.7 | 34.0 | 33.2 | 32.5 | 31.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eritrea | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 18.9 | 18.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 33.1 | 31.9 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | 22.9 | 22.6 | 22.2 | 21.8 | 21.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | 31.8 | 31.3 | 30.7 | 30.1 | 29.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | 20.2 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 18.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | 40.8 | 40.0 | 39.3 | 38.7 | 38.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | 40.3 | 40.3 | 40.4 | 40.5 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | 30.0 | 29.5 | 29.0 | 28.5 | 27.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | 22.8 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 21.5 | 21.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | 22.7 | 22.1 | 21.5 | 20.8 | 20.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | 28.1 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 25.4 | 25.3 | 25.2 | 25.0 | 24.7 |
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