Child mortality rate: Kenya
3.88% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 to 2024 are below.
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (deaths per 100 live births) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.88 |
| 2023 | 3.96 |
| 2022 | 4.05 |
| 2021 | 4.13 |
| 2020 | 4.21 |
| 2019 | 4.27 |
| 2018 | 4.37 |
| 2017 | 4.47 |
| 2016 | 4.55 |
| 2015 | 4.68 |
| 2014 | 4.83 |
| 2013 | 4.94 |
| 2012 | 5.07 |
| 2011 | 5.17 |
| 2010 | 5.31 |
| 2009 | 5.52 |
| 2008 | 5.8 |
| 2007 | 6.29 |
| 2006 | 6.68 |
| 2005 | 7.12 |
| 2004 | 7.61 |
| 2003 | 8.08 |
| 2002 | 8.56 |
| 2001 | 9.05 |
| 2000 | 9.52 |
| 1999 | 9.95 |
| 1998 | 10.3 |
| 1997 | 10.59 |
| 1996 | 10.8 |
| 1995 | 10.93 |
| 1994 | 10.97 |
| 1993 | 10.9 |
| 1992 | 10.71 |
| 1991 | 10.44 |
| 1990 | 10.14 |
| 1989 | 9.86 |
| 1988 | 9.64 |
| 1987 | 9.52 |
| 1986 | 9.51 |
| 1985 | 9.59 |
| 1984 | 9.75 |
| 1983 | 9.98 |
| 1982 | 10.27 |
| 1981 | 10.6 |
| 1980 | 10.97 |
| 1979 | 11.35 |
| 1978 | 11.78 |
| 1977 | 12.22 |
| 1976 | 12.66 |
| 1975 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 13.52 |
| 1973 | 13.93 |
| 1972 | 14.32 |
| 1971 | 14.68 |
| 1970 | 15.02 |
| 1969 | 15.36 |
| 1968 | 15.68 |
| 1967 | 16 |
| 1966 | 16.32 |
| 1965 | 16.66 |
| 1964 | 17.07 |
| 1963 | 17.58 |
| 1962 | 18.2 |
| 1961 | 18.91 |
| 1960 | 19.72 |
| 1959 | 20.64 |
| 1958 | 21.66 |
| 1957 | 22.78 |
| 1956 | 24 |
| 1955 | 25.35 |
| 1954 | 26.79 |
| 1953 | 28.36 |
| 1952 | 30.02 |
| 1951 | 30.54 |
| 1950 | 31.98 |