Myanmar vs Yemen: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Myanmar
28.94 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Yemen
29.59 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Myanmar rank
39th
Yemen rank
37th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Myanmar
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 29.59 deaths per 1,000 people against 28.94 deaths per 1,000 people in Myanmar, a difference of 0.65 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Myanmar ranks 39th and Yemen ranks 37th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 188.33 deaths per 1,000 people | 377.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 189.09 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1960s | 143.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 295.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 152.66 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1970s | 111.54 deaths per 1,000 people | 194.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 82.84 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1980s | 91.99 deaths per 1,000 people | 112.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.76 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1990s | 75.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 77.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.54 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2000s | 58.43 deaths per 1,000 people | 52.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.54 deaths per 1,000 people | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 39.35 deaths per 1,000 people | 36.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 2.75 deaths per 1,000 people | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 30.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 30.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4715 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Myanmar or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 29.59 deaths per 1,000 people against 28.94 deaths per 1,000 people in Myanmar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Myanmar and Yemen?
- 0.65 deaths per 1,000 people, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Yemen?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Myanmar and Yemen rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Myanmar ranks 39th and Yemen ranks 37th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.