OECD members vs Yemen: Mortality rate, under-5, male

OECD members
7.29 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen
41.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
OECD members rank
41st
Yemen rank
44th

Mortality rate, under-5, male over time

  • OECD members
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 41.7 per 1,000 live births against 7.29 per 1,000 live births in OECD members, a difference of 34.41 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Yemen's figure about 5.7 times OECD members's.

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

OECD members ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 44th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade OECD members Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 19.5 per 1,000 live births 117.14 per 1,000 live births 97.64 per 1,000 live births Yemen
2000s 12.17 per 1,000 live births 78.37 per 1,000 live births 66.2 per 1,000 live births Yemen
2010s 8.66 per 1,000 live births 53.58 per 1,000 live births 44.92 per 1,000 live births Yemen
2020s 7.55 per 1,000 live births 44.66 per 1,000 live births 37.11 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, OECD members or Yemen?
Yemen, at 41.7 per 1,000 live births against 7.29 per 1,000 live births in OECD members as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between OECD members and Yemen?
34.41 per 1,000 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for OECD members and Yemen?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do OECD members and Yemen rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
OECD members ranks 41st and Yemen ranks 44th 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, 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.