Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Yemen
Yemen: Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of was 41 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Yemen, 1980–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 41 for percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in 2025.
That represents a change of down 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Yemen peaked at 74 in 1999 and was at its lowest, 2, in 1980.
Yemen ranks 20th of 20 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Yemen, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 2 | — |
| 1981 | 4 | +100.0% |
| 1982 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6 | +50.0% |
| 1984 | 8 | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 13 | +62.5% |
| 1986 | 15 | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 22 | +46.7% |
| 1988 | 34 | +54.5% |
| 1989 | 48 | +41.2% |
| 1990 | 69 | +43.8% |
| 1991 | 53 | -23.2% |
| 1992 | 46 | -13.2% |
| 1993 | 51 | +10.9% |
| 1994 | 31 | -39.2% |
| 1995 | 40 | +29.0% |
| 1996 | 43 | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 41 | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 66 | +61.0% |
| 1999 | 74 | +12.1% |
| 2000 | 70 | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 72 | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 62 | -13.9% |
| 2003 | 64 | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 74 | +15.6% |
| 2005 | 73 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 65 | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 71 | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 69 | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 65 | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 68 | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 66 | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 63 | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 68 | +7.9% |
| 2014 | 64 | -5.9% |
| 2015 | 61 | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 62 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 56 | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 53 | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 54 | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 53 | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 51 | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 53 | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 45 | -15.1% |
| 2024 | 41 | -8.9% |
| 2025 | 41 | +0.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 41 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 97, 42% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +100.0% | 2 | 4 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.6 | 2 | 48 | 10 |
| 1990s | 51.4 | 31 | 74 | 10 |
| 2000s | 68.5 | 62 | 74 | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.5 | 53 | 68 | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.33 | 41 | 53 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Yemen?
- Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of in Yemen was 41 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 74 in 1999.
- What is the lowest percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 1980.
- How does Yemen rank for percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of?
- Yemen ranks 20th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Percentage of surviving infants who received the first dose of measles-containing vaccine. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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