Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation — all countries

Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation — Yemen

Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation in Yemen in 2019 — 15.6 per 100k. Ranked 121 in the world out of 183. Since 2019, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2019 15.6 per 100k
World rank 121of 183
Period maximum 15.6 per 100k2019
Period minimum 15.6 per 100k2019

Trend over time

2019–2019 · per 100,000 people

Change over the period: +0 (+0%)

Comparison, 2019

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

Yemen 15.6 per 100k
World 18.5 per 100k
Western Asia computed 4.8 per 100k
Low-income countries computed 40.9 per 100k
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2019 15.6

About the indicator

The number of deaths attributed to unsafe water, the absence of sanitation and insufficient hygiene, per 100,000 people. The bulk of them are diarrheal diseases in children under five, so the indicator is closely tied to child mortality and goes almost to zero where the task of water supply and sewerage has been solved. This is one of the few causes of death that is removed not by medicine but by construction.

Important: A calculation from burden of disease models. In countries with universal access to water and sanitation the value is close to zero, so the spread between countries runs to a factor of hundreds.

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