Papua New Guinea vs Yemen: Youth mortality rate
Papua New Guinea
4.67 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Yemen
4.63 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
40th
Yemen rank
41st
Youth mortality rate over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Yemen
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 4.67 deaths per 100 live births against 4.63 deaths per 100 live births in Yemen, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Yemen ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 40th and Yemen ranks 41st of 199 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.3 deaths per 100 live births | 12.49 deaths per 100 live births | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2000s | 7.74 deaths per 100 live births | 8.32 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5841 deaths per 100 live births | Yemen |
| 2010s | 6.26 deaths per 100 live births | 5.83 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4277 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 4.96 deaths per 100 live births | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0143 deaths per 100 live births | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher youth mortality rate, Papua New Guinea or Yemen?
- Papua New Guinea, at 4.67 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 Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
- 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Yemen?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Yemen rank globally for youth mortality rate?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 40th 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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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.