What is the difference in number of child deaths between Philippines and Yemen?

3,792 deaths, with Yemen ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Yemen?

62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Philippines vs Yemen: Number of child deaths

Philippines

48,685 deaths

in 2024

Yemen

52,477 deaths

in 2024

Philippines rank

26th

Yemen rank

25th

Number of child deaths over time

Philippines
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 52,477 deaths against 48,685 deaths in Philippines, a difference of 3,792 deaths.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1963 it was Yemen ahead.

Philippines ranks 26th and Yemen ranks 25th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Philippines averaged higher in 5 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Philippines	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1960s	125,101 deaths	128,634 deaths	3,533 deaths	Yemen
1970s	126,917 deaths	115,122 deaths	11,795 deaths	Philippines
1980s	136,118 deaths	91,986 deaths	44,132 deaths	Philippines
1990s	99,115 deaths	81,538 deaths	17,577 deaths	Philippines
2000s	79,387 deaths	61,915 deaths	17,472 deaths	Philippines
2010s	67,981 deaths	52,629 deaths	15,352 deaths	Philippines
2020s	51,717 deaths	54,017 deaths	2,300 deaths	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Philippines or Yemen?: Yemen, at 52,477 deaths against 48,685 deaths in Philippines as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Philippines and Yemen?: 3,792 deaths, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Yemen?: 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
How do Philippines and Yemen rank globally for number of child deaths?: Philippines ranks 26th and Yemen ranks 25th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .