Brazil vs Yemen: Number of child deaths by age
Brazil
5,245 deaths
in 2024
Yemen
5,678 deaths
in 2024
Brazil rank
38th
Yemen rank
37th
Number of child deaths by age over time
- Brazil
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 5,678 deaths against 5,245 deaths in Brazil, a difference of 433 deaths.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 38th and Yemen ranks 37th of 199 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,938 deaths | 42,728 deaths | 69,210 deaths | Brazil |
| 1970s | 85,571 deaths | 33,728 deaths | 51,843 deaths | Brazil |
| 1980s | 57,575 deaths | 22,032 deaths | 35,543 deaths | Brazil |
| 1990s | 30,076 deaths | 16,466 deaths | 13,611 deaths | Brazil |
| 2000s | 13,028 deaths | 10,162 deaths | 2,865 deaths | Brazil |
| 2010s | 6,840 deaths | 7,520 deaths | 679.5 deaths | Yemen |
| 2020s | 5,625 deaths | 6,400 deaths | 775.2 deaths | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths by age, Brazil or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 5,678 deaths against 5,245 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths by age between Brazil and Yemen?
- 433 deaths, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Yemen?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Yemen rank globally for number of child deaths by age?
- Brazil ranks 38th and Yemen ranks 37th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths by age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged between 1 and 4 .