What is child mortality in Yemen?

Child mortality in Yemen was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality recorded in Yemen?

The highest recorded value was 54.04 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Yemen?

The lowest recorded value was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Yemen rank for child mortality?

Yemen ranks 44th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Yemen?

Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Yemen data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality in Yemen

Name: Child mortality in Yemen
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Yemen: Child mortality was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

3.81 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.4%

World rank

44th

of 203 countries

All-time high

54.04 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

3.81 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Yemen, 1800–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

In 2024, child mortality in Yemen stood at 3.81 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and down 21.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Yemen peaked at 54.04 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 3.81 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

That places Yemen 44th out of 203 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 225 years of available data.

Child mortality in Yemen, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality in Yemen, 1800 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1800	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	—
1801	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1802	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1803	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1804	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1805	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1806	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1807	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1808	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1809	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1810	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1811	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1812	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1813	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1814	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1815	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1816	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1817	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1818	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1819	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1820	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1821	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1822	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1823	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1824	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1825	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1826	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1827	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1828	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1829	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1830	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1831	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1832	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1833	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1834	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1835	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1836	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1837	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1838	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1839	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1840	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1841	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1842	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1843	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1844	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1845	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1846	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1847	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1848	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1849	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1850	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1851	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1852	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1853	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1854	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1855	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1856	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1857	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1858	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1859	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1860	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1861	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1862	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1863	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1864	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1865	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1866	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1867	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1868	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1869	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1870	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1871	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1872	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1873	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1874	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1875	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1876	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1877	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1878	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1879	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1880	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1881	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1882	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1883	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1884	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1885	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1886	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1887	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1888	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1889	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1890	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1892	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1893	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1894	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1895	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1896	54.03 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1897	54.02 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1898	53.99 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1899	53.97 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1900	53.93 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1901	53.88 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1902	53.83 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1903	53.76 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1904	53.69 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1905	53.61 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1906	53.52 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1907	53.42 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1908	53.32 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1909	53.2 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1910	53.09 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1911	52.96 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1912	52.84 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1913	52.71 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1914	52.59 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1915	52.46 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1916	52.33 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1917	52.2 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1918	52.08 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1919	51.95 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1920	51.82 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1921	51.7 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1922	51.57 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1923	51.44 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1924	51.32 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1925	51.19 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1926	51.06 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1927	50.94 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1928	50.81 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1929	50.68 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1930	50.56 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1931	50.2 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1932	49.85 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1933	49.49 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1934	49.14 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1935	48.79 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1936	48.44 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1937	48.09 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1938	47.74 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1939	47.4 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1940	47.05 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1941	46.7 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1942	46.36 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1943	46.02 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1944	45.68 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1945	45.34 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1946	45 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1947	44.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1948	44.33 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1949	43.99 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1950	43.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1951	43.56 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1952	43.38 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1953	43.2 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1954	43.03 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1955	42.86 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1956	42.69 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1957	45.63 deaths per 100 live births	+6.9%
1958	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1959	44.2 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1960	43.44 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1961	42.73 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1962	42.01 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1963	41.23 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1964	40.38 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
1965	39.44 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
1966	38.37 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
1967	37.19 deaths per 100 live births	-3.1%
1968	35.93 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1969	34.65 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1970	33.35 deaths per 100 live births	-3.8%
1971	32.1 deaths per 100 live births	-3.8%
1972	30.9 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1973	29.75 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1974	28.57 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
1975	27.38 deaths per 100 live births	-4.2%
1976	26.14 deaths per 100 live births	-4.5%
1977	24.86 deaths per 100 live births	-4.9%
1978	23.56 deaths per 100 live births	-5.2%
1979	22.24 deaths per 100 live births	-5.6%
1980	20.94 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1981	19.66 deaths per 100 live births	-6.1%
1982	18.46 deaths per 100 live births	-6.1%
1983	17.32 deaths per 100 live births	-6.2%
1984	16.3 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
1985	15.41 deaths per 100 live births	-5.4%
1986	14.65 deaths per 100 live births	-4.9%
1987	13.99 deaths per 100 live births	-4.5%
1988	13.43 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
1989	12.94 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1990	12.52 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
1991	12.16 deaths per 100 live births	-2.9%
1992	11.84 deaths per 100 live births	-2.6%
1993	11.55 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
1994	11.29 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
1995	11.05 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
1996	10.79 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
1997	10.5 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
1998	10.15 deaths per 100 live births	-3.3%
1999	9.74 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
2000	9.29 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
2001	8.82 deaths per 100 live births	-5.1%
2002	8.35 deaths per 100 live births	-5.3%
2003	7.9 deaths per 100 live births	-5.4%
2004	7.47 deaths per 100 live births	-5.5%
2005	7.06 deaths per 100 live births	-5.4%
2006	6.69 deaths per 100 live births	-5.3%
2007	6.34 deaths per 100 live births	-5.2%
2008	6.02 deaths per 100 live births	-5.0%
2009	5.75 deaths per 100 live births	-4.6%
2010	5.5 deaths per 100 live births	-4.3%
2011	5.31 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
2012	5.16 deaths per 100 live births	-2.9%
2013	4.96 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
2014	4.87 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
2015	4.93 deaths per 100 live births	+1.3%
2016	4.79 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
2017	4.75 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
2018	4.73 deaths per 100 live births	-0.5%
2019	4.61 deaths per 100 live births	-2.4%
2020	4.34 deaths per 100 live births	-5.9%
2021	4.26 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
2022	4.11 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
2023	3.95 deaths per 100 live births	-3.9%
2024	3.81 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%

Yemen compared with similar countries

Yemen's 3.81 deaths per 100 live births is below the median for low income countries, which is 6.16 deaths per 100 live births, 62% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Yemen's 3.81 deaths per 100 live births is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.29 deaths per 100 live births, 2.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	54.03 deaths per 100 live births	53.97 deaths per 100 live births	54.04 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	53.62 deaths per 100 live births	53.2 deaths per 100 live births	53.93 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	52.52 deaths per 100 live births	51.95 deaths per 100 live births	53.09 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	51.25 deaths per 100 live births	50.68 deaths per 100 live births	51.82 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	48.97 deaths per 100 live births	47.4 deaths per 100 live births	50.56 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	45.51 deaths per 100 live births	43.99 deaths per 100 live births	47.05 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	43.71 deaths per 100 live births	42.69 deaths per 100 live births	45.63 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	39.54 deaths per 100 live births	34.65 deaths per 100 live births	43.44 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	27.88 deaths per 100 live births	22.24 deaths per 100 live births	33.35 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	16.31 deaths per 100 live births	12.94 deaths per 100 live births	20.94 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	11.16 deaths per 100 live births	9.74 deaths per 100 live births	12.52 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	7.37 deaths per 100 live births	5.75 deaths per 100 live births	9.29 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	4.96 deaths per 100 live births	4.61 deaths per 100 live births	5.5 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	4.1 deaths per 100 live births	3.81 deaths per 100 live births	4.34 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Yemen

41 Turkmenistan 3.9 deaths per 100 live births compare
42 Comoros 3.9 deaths per 100 live births compare
43 Kenya 3.88 deaths per 100 live births compare
45 Palestine 3.79 deaths per 100 live births compare
46 Rwanda 3.77 deaths per 100 live births compare
47 Tanzania 3.7 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More health data for Yemen

Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2100)
Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.04 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.4 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 9,603 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 103 (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.88 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0766 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Yemen?: Child mortality in Yemen was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality recorded in Yemen?: The highest recorded value was 54.04 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Yemen?: The lowest recorded value was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Yemen rank for child mortality?: Yemen ranks 44th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Yemen?: Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Yemen data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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