Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Yemen

Under-five mortality rate in Yemen in 2024 — 38.1 per 1,000. Ranked 153 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 91.2%.

2024 38.1 per 1,000 −3.54% vs 2023
World rank 153of 196
Period maximum 434.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 38.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Yemen, 1960–2024020040060019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 434.4 per 1,0001962: 420.1 per 1,0001964: 403.8 per 1,0001966: 383.7 per 1,0001968: 359.3 per 1,0001970: 333.5 per 1,0001972: 309 per 1,0001974: 285.7 per 1,0001976: 261.4 per 1,0001978: 235.6 per 1,0001980: 209.4 per 1,0001982: 184.6 per 1,0001984: 163 per 1,0001986: 146.5 per 1,0001988: 134.3 per 1,0001990: 125.2 per 1,0001992: 118.4 per 1,0001994: 112.9 per 1,0001996: 107.9 per 1,0001998: 101.5 per 1,0002000: 92.9 per 1,0002002: 83.5 per 1,0002004: 74.7 per 1,0002006: 66.9 per 1,0002008: 60.2 per 1,0002010: 55 per 1,0002012: 51.6 per 1,0002014: 48.7 per 1,0002016: 47.9 per 1,0002018: 47.3 per 1,0002020: 43.4 per 1,0002022: 41.1 per 1,0002024: 38.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −396.3 (−91.23%) Average annual rate: -3.73 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Yemen

Yemen 38.1 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 16 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 61.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 38.1 −1.4 −3.54%
2023 39.5 −1.6 −3.89%
2022 41.1 −1.5 −3.52%
2021 42.6 −0.8 −1.84%
2020 43.4 −2.7 −5.86%
2019 46.1 −1.2 −2.54%
2018 47.3 −0.2 −0.42%
2017 47.5 −0.4 −0.84%
2016 47.9 −1.4 −2.84%
2015 49.3 +0.6 +1.23%
2014 48.7 −0.9 −1.81%
2013 49.6 −2 −3.88%
2012 51.6 −1.5 −2.82%
2011 53.1 −1.9 −3.45%
2010 55 −2.5 −4.35%
2009 57.5 −2.7 −4.49%
2008 60.2 −3.2 −5.05%
2007 63.4 −3.5 −5.23%
2006 66.9 −3.7 −5.24%
2005 70.6 −4.1 −5.49%
2004 74.7 −4.3 −5.44%
2003 79 −4.5 −5.39%
2002 83.5 −4.7 −5.33%
2001 88.2 −4.7 −5.06%
2000 92.9 −4.5 −4.62%
1999 97.4 −4.1 −4.04%
1998 101.5 −3.5 −3.33%
1997 105 −2.9 −2.69%
1996 107.9 −2.6 −2.35%
1995 110.5 −2.4 −2.13%
1994 112.9 −2.6 −2.25%
1993 115.5 −2.9 −2.45%
1992 118.4 −3.2 −2.63%
1991 121.6 −3.6 −2.88%
1990 125.2 −4.2 −3.25%
1989 129.4 −4.9 −3.65%
1988 134.3 −5.6 −4%
1987 139.9 −6.6 −4.51%
1986 146.5 −7.6 −4.93%
1985 154.1 −8.9 −5.46%
1984 163 −10.2 −5.89%
1983 173.2 −11.4 −6.18%
1982 184.6 −12 −6.1%
1981 196.6 −12.8 −6.11%
1980 209.4 −13 −5.85%
1979 222.4 −13.2 −5.6%
1978 235.6 −13 −5.23%
1977 248.6 −12.8 −4.9%
1976 261.4 −12.4 −4.53%
1975 273.8 −11.9 −4.17%
1974 285.7 −11.8 −3.97%
1973 297.5 −11.5 −3.72%
1972 309 −12 −3.74%
1971 321 −12.5 −3.75%
1970 333.5 −13 −3.75%
1969 346.5 −12.8 −3.56%
1968 359.3 −12.6 −3.39%
1967 371.9 −11.8 −3.08%
1966 383.7 −10.7 −2.71%
1965 394.4 −9.4 −2.33%
1964 403.8 −8.5 −2.06%
1963 412.3 −7.8 −1.86%
1962 420.1 −7.2 −1.68%
1961 427.3 −7.1 −1.63%
1960 434.4

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.