What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Yemen and Zambia?

0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Yemen and Zambia?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Yemen vs Zambia: Mortality rate, infant, female

Yemen

30.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

31 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Yemen rank

38th

Zambia rank

35th

Mortality rate, infant, female over time

Yemen
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 31 per 1,000 live births against 30.3 per 1,000 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.

Yemen ranks 38th and Zambia ranks 35th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Yemen averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Yemen	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	241.61 per 1,000 live births	89.78 per 1,000 live births	151.83 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1970s	181.15 per 1,000 live births	78.95 per 1,000 live births	102.2 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1980s	112.26 per 1,000 live births	84.72 per 1,000 live births	27.54 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1990s	81.56 per 1,000 live births	92.2 per 1,000 live births	10.64 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2000s	55.97 per 1,000 live births	60.73 per 1,000 live births	4.76 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2010s	38.11 per 1,000 live births	38.18 per 1,000 live births	0.07 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2020s	32.2 per 1,000 live births	31.62 per 1,000 live births	0.58 per 1,000 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Yemen or Zambia?: Zambia, at 31 per 1,000 live births against 30.3 per 1,000 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Yemen and Zambia?: 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Yemen and Zambia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Yemen and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?: Yemen ranks 38th and Zambia ranks 35th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.