Rwanda vs Yemen, Rep.: Child mortality
Rwanda
3.77 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Yemen, Rep.
3.81 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Rwanda rank
46th
Yemen, Rep. rank
44th
Child mortality over time
- Rwanda
- Yemen, Rep.
How they compare
Yemen, Rep. currently reports 3.81 deaths per 100 live births against 3.77 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Yemen, Rep. ahead.
Rwanda ranks 46th and Yemen, Rep. ranks 44th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 4 and Yemen, Rep. in 19.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Yemen, Rep. | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1810s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1820s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1830s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1840s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1850s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1860s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1870s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1880s | 42 deaths per 100 live births | 54.04 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1890s | 41.99 deaths per 100 live births | 54.03 deaths per 100 live births | 12.04 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1900s | 41.67 deaths per 100 live births | 53.62 deaths per 100 live births | 11.94 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1910s | 40.82 deaths per 100 live births | 52.52 deaths per 100 live births | 11.7 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1920s | 39.84 deaths per 100 live births | 51.25 deaths per 100 live births | 11.42 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1930s | 36.43 deaths per 100 live births | 48.97 deaths per 100 live births | 12.54 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1940s | 30.19 deaths per 100 live births | 45.51 deaths per 100 live births | 15.32 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1950s | 24.72 deaths per 100 live births | 43.71 deaths per 100 live births | 18.99 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1960s | 21.12 deaths per 100 live births | 39.54 deaths per 100 live births | 18.41 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1970s | 23.72 deaths per 100 live births | 27.88 deaths per 100 live births | 4.16 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
| 1980s | 17.12 deaths per 100 live births | 16.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8099 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 21.45 deaths per 100 live births | 11.16 deaths per 100 live births | 10.29 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 11.77 deaths per 100 live births | 7.37 deaths per 100 live births | 4.4 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 5 deaths per 100 live births | 4.96 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0425 deaths per 100 live births | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 3.97 deaths per 100 live births | 4.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1278 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen, Rep. |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Rwanda or Yemen, Rep.?
- Yemen, Rep., at 3.81 deaths per 100 live births against 3.77 deaths per 100 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Rwanda and Yemen, Rep.?
- 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Yemen, Rep. ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Yemen, Rep.?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Yemen, Rep. rank globally for child mortality?
- Rwanda ranks 46th and Yemen, Rep. 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.