Yemen vs Zambia: Mortality rate, infant, male

Yemen
37.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
38.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen rank
38th
Zambia rank
35th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Yemen
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 38.1 per 1,000 live births against 37.1 per 1,000 live births in Yemen, a difference of 1 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 274.68 per 1,000 live births 101.34 per 1,000 live births 173.34 per 1,000 live births Yemen
1970s 206.28 per 1,000 live births 89.88 per 1,000 live births 116.4 per 1,000 live births Yemen
1980s 130.15 per 1,000 live births 97.84 per 1,000 live births 32.31 per 1,000 live births Yemen
1990s 94.98 per 1,000 live births 104.87 per 1,000 live births 9.89 per 1,000 live births Zambia
2000s 65.98 per 1,000 live births 71.78 per 1,000 live births 5.8 per 1,000 live births Zambia
2010s 45.94 per 1,000 live births 46.58 per 1,000 live births 0.64 per 1,000 live births Zambia
2020s 39.3 per 1,000 live births 38.78 per 1,000 live births 0.52 per 1,000 live births Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Yemen or Zambia?
Zambia, at 38.1 per 1,000 live births against 37.1 per 1,000 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Yemen and Zambia?
1 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, male?
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, male (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, male (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

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