Botswana vs Yemen: Infant mortality rate by sex
Botswana
2.85 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Yemen
3.03 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
41st
Yemen rank
38th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Botswana
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 3.03 deaths per 100 live births against 2.85 deaths per 100 live births in Botswana, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Yemen ahead.
Botswana ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 38th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11.14 deaths per 100 live births | 26.09 deaths per 100 live births | 14.95 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1960s | 9.81 deaths per 100 live births | 24.16 deaths per 100 live births | 14.36 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 7.21 deaths per 100 live births | 18.11 deaths per 100 live births | 10.9 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 4.32 deaths per 100 live births | 11.23 deaths per 100 live births | 6.91 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 1990s | 3.58 deaths per 100 live births | 8.16 deaths per 100 live births | 4.58 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2000s | 4 deaths per 100 live births | 5.6 deaths per 100 live births | 1.6 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2010s | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | 3.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2452 deaths per 100 live births | Botswana |
| 2020s | 3.04 deaths per 100 live births | 3.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1795 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Botswana or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 3.03 deaths per 100 live births against 2.85 deaths per 100 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Botswana and Yemen?
- 0.18 deaths per 100 live births, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Yemen?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Yemen rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Botswana ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 38th 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 Infant mortality rate by sex. 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .