Mauritania vs Yemen: Mortality rate, neonatal
Mauritania
20.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen
20.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
43rd
Yemen rank
41st
Mortality rate, neonatal over time
- Mauritania
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 20.9 per 1,000 live births against 20.8 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Yemen ahead.
Mauritania ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 41st of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.73 per 1,000 live births | 82.36 per 1,000 live births | 25.62 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 55.1 per 1,000 live births | 68.8 per 1,000 live births | 13.7 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 50.26 per 1,000 live births | 51.26 per 1,000 live births | 1 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1990s | 42.27 per 1,000 live births | 40.66 per 1,000 live births | 1.61 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 33.43 per 1,000 live births | 31.9 per 1,000 live births | 1.53 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 25.86 per 1,000 live births | 24.54 per 1,000 live births | 1.32 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 21.84 per 1,000 live births | 21.72 per 1,000 live births | 0.12 per 1,000 live births | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Mauritania or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 20.9 per 1,000 live births against 20.8 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Mauritania and Yemen?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mauritania and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Mauritania ranks 43rd and Yemen ranks 41st 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.