What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Upper middle income and Yemen?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Yemen?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Upper middle income vs Yemen: Mortality rate, infant

Upper middle income

10.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Yemen

33.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Upper middle income rank

36th

Yemen rank

38th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Upper middle income
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 33.8 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 22.9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Yemen's figure about 3.1 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Upper middle income ranks 36th and Yemen ranks 38th of 47 groups.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Upper middle income	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1990s	39.34 per 1,000 live births	88.44 per 1,000 live births	49.1 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
2000s	23.92 per 1,000 live births	61.11 per 1,000 live births	37.19 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
2010s	13.93 per 1,000 live births	42.14 per 1,000 live births	28.21 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
2020s	11.38 per 1,000 live births	35.84 per 1,000 live births	24.46 per 1,000 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Upper middle income or Yemen?: Yemen, at 33.8 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Upper middle income and Yemen?: 22.9 per 1,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Yemen?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Upper middle income and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Upper middle income ranks 36th and Yemen ranks 38th of 47 groups.
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.