What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Rwanda and Yemen?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Rwanda vs Yemen: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Rwanda

34.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Yemen

34.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Rwanda rank

45th

Yemen rank

44th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Rwanda
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 34.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.1 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

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

Rwanda ranks 45th and Yemen ranks 44th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Rwanda	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	202.44 per 1,000 live births	383.91 per 1,000 live births	181.47 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1970s	226.82 per 1,000 live births	269.51 per 1,000 live births	42.69 per 1,000 live births	Yemen
1980s	161.97 per 1,000 live births	155.89 per 1,000 live births	6.08 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
1990s	205.7 per 1,000 live births	105.7 per 1,000 live births	100 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2000s	111.75 per 1,000 live births	68.75 per 1,000 live births	43 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2010s	46.01 per 1,000 live births	45.39 per 1,000 live births	0.62 per 1,000 live births	Rwanda
2020s	35.94 per 1,000 live births	37.08 per 1,000 live births	1.14 per 1,000 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Rwanda or Yemen?: Yemen, at 34.4 per 1,000 live births against 34.1 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Rwanda and Yemen?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Yemen?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Rwanda and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Rwanda ranks 45th and Yemen ranks 44th 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, under-5, 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, under-5, 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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.