Kenya's life expectancy rose from 55.9 yrs in 1995 to 63.8 yrs in 2024.
Kenya · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Kenya's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 47.2 yrs in 2000 to 58.2 yrs in 2021.
Kenya's infant mortality fell from 70.9 ‰ in 1995 to 34.2 ‰ in 2024.
Kenya's under-5 mortality rate fell from 109.3 ‰ in 1995 to 38.8 ‰ in 2024.
Kenya's maternal mortality ratio fell from 342.0 /100k in 1994 to 149.0 /100k in 2023.
Kenya's ncd mortality rose from 15.6 % in 2000 to 18.0 % in 2021.
Kenya's suicide mortality rate rose from 4.5 /100k in 2000 to 4.6 /100k in 2021.
Kenya's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 26.4 /100k in 2000 to 28.3 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.0 pts143rd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −6.8 %148th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.2 pts78th of 192
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- Physiciansup +22.5 %49th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesup +12.3 %52nd of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −5.0 %100th of 137*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −3.0 pts112th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −2.0 pts93rd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.2 pts136th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −3.3 %177th of 208
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- Safe sanitationup +0.6 pts100th of 141
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Kenya.
- Safe drinking waterNo data