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

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.

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

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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gambia vs Yemen: Mortality rate, infant

Gambia

32.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Yemen

33.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gambia rank

41st

Yemen rank

38th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Gambia
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 33.8 per 1,000 live births against 32.7 per 1,000 live births in Gambia, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.

Gambia ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 38th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	152.17 per 1,000 live births	258.56 per 1,000 live births	106.39 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1970s	137.38 per 1,000 live births	194.06 per 1,000 live births	56.68 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1980s	114.4 per 1,000 live births	121.45 per 1,000 live births	7.05 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1990s	87.59 per 1,000 live births	88.44 per 1,000 live births	0.85 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
2000s	62.95 per 1,000 live births	61.11 per 1,000 live births	1.84 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2010s	44.48 per 1,000 live births	42.14 per 1,000 live births	2.34 per 1,000 live births	Gambia
2020s	34.8 per 1,000 live births	35.84 per 1,000 live births	1.04 per 1,000 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Gambia or Yemen?: Yemen, at 33.8 per 1,000 live births against 32.7 per 1,000 live births in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Gambia and Yemen?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Yemen?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Gambia ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 38th 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 (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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.