Rwanda vs Yemen: Mortality rate, under-5
Rwanda
37.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Yemen
38.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda rank
46th
Yemen rank
44th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Rwanda
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 38.1 per 1,000 live births against 37.7 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Yemen ahead.
Rwanda ranks 46th and Yemen ranks 44th of 196 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 | 211.25 per 1,000 live births | 395.37 per 1,000 live births | 184.12 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1970s | 237.18 per 1,000 live births | 278.85 per 1,000 live births | 41.67 per 1,000 live births | Yemen |
| 1980s | 171.2 per 1,000 live births | 163.1 per 1,000 live births | 8.1 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 214.51 per 1,000 live births | 111.59 per 1,000 live births | 102.92 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 117.71 per 1,000 live births | 73.69 per 1,000 live births | 44.02 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 50.04 per 1,000 live births | 49.61 per 1,000 live births | 0.43 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 39.68 per 1,000 live births | 40.94 per 1,000 live births | 1.26 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, Rwanda or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 38.1 per 1,000 live births against 37.7 per 1,000 live births in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Rwanda and Yemen?
- 0.4 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?
- Rwanda ranks 46th and Yemen ranks 44th of 196 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 (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
Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.