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

0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Yemen ahead.

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

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 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.

Namibia vs Yemen: Youth mortality rate

Namibia

4.59 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Yemen

4.63 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Namibia rank

42nd

Yemen rank

41st

Youth mortality rate over time

Namibia
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 4.63 deaths per 100 live births against 4.59 deaths per 100 live births in Namibia, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Yemen ahead.

Namibia ranks 42nd and Yemen ranks 41st of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1980s	10.45 deaths per 100 live births	17.98 deaths per 100 live births	7.53 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
1990s	8.62 deaths per 100 live births	12.49 deaths per 100 live births	3.87 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2000s	8.21 deaths per 100 live births	8.32 deaths per 100 live births	0.1106 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen
2010s	6.14 deaths per 100 live births	5.83 deaths per 100 live births	0.3062 deaths per 100 live births	Namibia
2020s	4.94 deaths per 100 live births	4.95 deaths per 100 live births	0.0065 deaths per 100 live births	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Namibia or Yemen?: Yemen, at 4.63 deaths per 100 live births against 4.59 deaths per 100 live births in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Namibia and Yemen?: 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Yemen?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Yemen rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Namibia ranks 42nd 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: 30 October 2026

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