Yemen vs Zimbabwe: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Yemen
29.59 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Zimbabwe
30.44 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Yemen rank
37th
Zimbabwe rank
34th
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 30.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 29.59 deaths per 1,000 people in Yemen, a difference of 0.85 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Yemen ranks 37th and Zimbabwe ranks 34th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Yemen averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Yemen | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 377.42 deaths per 1,000 people | 95.25 deaths per 1,000 people | 282.18 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1960s | 295.74 deaths per 1,000 people | 77.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 217.81 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1970s | 194.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 68.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 126.3 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1980s | 112.75 deaths per 1,000 people | 55.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 57.66 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1990s | 77.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 56.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 20.82 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2000s | 52.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 56.88 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.98 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 36.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 41.22 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.63 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 30.93 deaths per 1,000 people | 31.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7291 deaths per 1,000 people | Zimbabwe |
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, Yemen or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 30.44 deaths per 1,000 people against 29.59 deaths per 1,000 people in Yemen as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Yemen and Zimbabwe?
- 0.85 deaths per 1,000 people, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Yemen and Zimbabwe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Yemen and Zimbabwe rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Yemen ranks 37th and Zimbabwe ranks 34th 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.