Samoa vs Yemen: Mortality rates at age 65
Samoa
2.94 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Yemen
2.93 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Samoa rank
78th
Yemen rank
79th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Samoa
- Yemen
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 2.94 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.93 deaths per 1,000 people in Yemen, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Samoa ranks 78th and Yemen ranks 79th of 236 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.16 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.67 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5047 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1960s | 4.83 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5748 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1970s | 4.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.196 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1980s | 4 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0348 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 1990s | 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.63 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0821 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2000s | 3.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.27 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1205 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2010s | 3.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0456 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
| 2020s | 3.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.39 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3307 deaths per 1,000 people | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Samoa or Yemen?
- Samoa, at 2.94 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.93 deaths per 1,000 people in Yemen as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Samoa and Yemen?
- 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Yemen?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Yemen rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Samoa ranks 78th and Yemen ranks 79th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.