Comoros vs Yemen: Child mortality
Comoros
3.9 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Yemen
3.81 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Comoros rank
42nd
Yemen rank
44th
Child mortality over time
- Comoros
- Yemen
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 3.9 deaths per 100 live births against 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.09 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Yemen ahead.
Comoros ranks 42nd and Yemen ranks 44th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 21.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1810s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1820s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1830s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1840s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1850s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1860s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1870s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1880s | 41.62 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.43 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1890s | 41.6 deaths per 100 live births | 54.03 deaths per 100 live births | 12.42 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1900s | 41.29 deaths per 100 live births | 53.62 deaths per 100 live births | 12.33 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1910s | 40.44 deaths per 100 live births | 52.52 deaths per 100 live births | 12.08 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1920s | 39.47 deaths per 100 live births | 51.25 deaths per 100 live births | 11.79 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1930s | 38.49 deaths per 100 live births | 48.97 deaths per 100 live births | 10.48 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1940s | 35.77 deaths per 100 live births | 45.51 deaths per 100 live births | 9.75 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1950s | 30.3 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 13.42 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1960s | 27.3 deaths per 100 live births | 39.54 deaths per 100 live births | 12.24 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 20.56 deaths per 100 live births | 27.88 deaths per 100 live births | 7.33 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 14.85 deaths per 100 live births | 16.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1990s | 10.07 deaths per 100 live births | 11.16 deaths per 100 live births | 1.09 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2000s | 6.77 deaths per 100 live births | 7.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2010s | 4.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.016 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
| 2020s | 4.14 deaths per 100 live births | 4.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0418 deaths per 100 live births | Comoros |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Comoros or Yemen?
- Comoros, at 3.9 deaths per 100 live births against 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Comoros and Yemen?
- 0.09 deaths per 100 live births, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Yemen?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Comoros and Yemen rank globally for child mortality?
- Comoros ranks 42nd and Yemen ranks 44th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.