# Under-five mortality rate in Kenya

Under-five mortality rate in Kenya was 38.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `under5_mortality_rate`
- Place id: `ke`
- Unit: per 1,000 live births
- Definition: Probability that a newborn dies before reaching age five, per 1,000 live births, if subject to the age-specific mortality of the year.
- Note: Includes infant deaths, so it is always higher than the infant mortality rate.
- Source: World Bank, Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Mortality rate, under-5, per 1,000 live births (SH.DYN.MORT). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.DYN.MORT. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/under-five-mortality-rate/kenya
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=under5_mortality_rate&place=ke

| Period | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 38.8 |
| 2023 | 39.6 |
| 2022 | 40.5 |
| 2021 | 41.3 |
| 2020 | 42.1 |
| 2019 | 42.7 |
| 2018 | 43.7 |
| 2017 | 44.7 |
| 2016 | 45.5 |
| 2015 | 46.8 |
| 2014 | 48.3 |
| 2013 | 49.4 |
| 2012 | 50.7 |
| 2011 | 51.7 |
| 2010 | 53.1 |
| 2009 | 55.2 |
| 2008 | 58 |
| 2007 | 62.9 |
| 2006 | 66.8 |
| 2005 | 71.2 |
| 2004 | 76.1 |
| 2003 | 80.8 |
| 2002 | 85.6 |
| 2001 | 90.5 |
| 2000 | 95.2 |
| 1999 | 99.5 |
| 1998 | 103 |
| 1997 | 105.9 |
| 1996 | 108 |
| 1995 | 109.3 |
| 1994 | 109.7 |
| 1993 | 109 |
| 1992 | 107.1 |
| 1991 | 104.4 |
| 1990 | 101.4 |
| 1989 | 98.6 |
| 1988 | 96.4 |
| 1987 | 95.2 |
| 1986 | 95.1 |
| 1985 | 95.9 |
| 1984 | 97.5 |
| 1983 | 99.8 |
| 1982 | 102.7 |
| 1981 | 106 |
| 1980 | 109.7 |
| 1979 | 113.5 |
| 1978 | 117.8 |
| 1977 | 122.2 |
| 1976 | 126.6 |
| 1975 | 131 |
| 1974 | 135.2 |
| 1973 | 139.3 |
| 1972 | 143.2 |
| 1971 | 146.8 |
| 1970 | 150.2 |
| 1969 | 153.6 |
| 1968 | 156.8 |
| 1967 | 160 |
| 1966 | 163.2 |
| 1965 | 166.6 |
| 1964 | 170.7 |
| 1963 | 175.8 |
| 1962 | 182 |
| 1961 | 189.1 |
| 1960 | 197.2 |