Mauritania vs Yemen: Mortality rate, under-5, male

Mauritania
40.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen
41.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Mauritania rank
46th
Yemen rank
44th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • Mauritania
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 41.7 per 1,000 live births against 40.7 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.

Mauritania ranks 46th and Yemen ranks 44th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Yemen Difference Ahead
1960s 245.91 per 1,000 live births 406.36 per 1,000 live births 160.45 per 1,000 live births Yemen
1970s 214.33 per 1,000 live births 287.58 per 1,000 live births 73.25 per 1,000 live births Yemen
1980s 150.62 per 1,000 live births 169.91 per 1,000 live births 19.29 per 1,000 live births Yemen
1990s 118.2 per 1,000 live births 117.14 per 1,000 live births 1.06 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2000s 82.98 per 1,000 live births 78.37 per 1,000 live births 4.61 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2010s 54.58 per 1,000 live births 53.58 per 1,000 live births 1 per 1,000 live births Mauritania
2020s 43.36 per 1,000 live births 44.66 per 1,000 live births 1.3 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, male, Mauritania or Yemen?
Yemen, at 41.7 per 1,000 live births against 40.7 per 1,000 live births in Mauritania as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Mauritania and Yemen?
1 per 1,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Yemen?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
Mauritania ranks 46th 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, 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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About this data

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, 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

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