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Kenya: Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)

38.80per 1,000 live births · 2024-19.7% since 2014

Probability of dying by age 5 per 1,000 live births. Annual figures for Kenya from 1952 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 1,000 live births)Note
202438.8
202339.6
202240.5
202141.3
202042.1
201942.7
201843.7
201744.7
201645.5
201546.8
201448.3
201349.4
201250.7
201151.7
201053.1
200955.2
200858
200762.9
200666.8
200571.2
200476.1
200380.8
200285.6
200190.5
200095.2
199999.5
1998103
1997105.9
1996108
1995109.3
1994109.7
1993109
1992107.1
1991104.4
1990101.4
198998.6
198896.4
198795.2
198695.1
198595.9
198497.5
198399.8
1982102.7
1981106
1980109.7
1979113.5
1978117.8
1977122.2
1976126.6
1975131
1974135.2
1973139.3
1972143.2
1971146.8
1970150.2
1969153.6
1968156.8
1967160
1966163.2
1965166.6
1964170.7
1963175.8
1962182
1961189.1
1960197.2
1959206.4
1958216.6
1957227.8
1956240
1955253.5
1954267.9
1953283.6
1952300.2

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Health Organization (2026). Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-under5-mortality (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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