What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Gambia and Yemen?

0.45 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Gambia vs Yemen: Youth mortality rate

Gambia

5.08 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Yemen

4.63 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Gambia rank

38th

Yemen rank

41st

Youth mortality rate over time

Gambia
Yemen

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 5.08 deaths per 100 live births against 4.63 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.45 deaths per 100 live births.

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

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

Gambia ranks 38th and Yemen ranks 41st of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1990s	16.52 deaths per 100 live births	12.49 deaths per 100 live births	4.03 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia
2000s	11.04 deaths per 100 live births	8.32 deaths per 100 live births	2.72 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia
2010s	7.23 deaths per 100 live births	5.83 deaths per 100 live births	1.4 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia
2020s	5.43 deaths per 100 live births	4.95 deaths per 100 live births	0.4844 deaths per 100 live births	Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Gambia or Yemen?: Gambia, at 5.08 deaths per 100 live births against 4.63 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Gambia and Yemen?: 0.45 deaths per 100 live births, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Yemen?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Yemen rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Gambia ranks 38th and Yemen ranks 41st 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.