What is child mortality vs. health spending in Yemen?

Child mortality vs. health spending in Yemen was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Yemen?

The highest recorded value was 45.63 deaths per 100 live births in 1957.

What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Yemen?

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

How does Yemen rank for child mortality vs. health spending?

Yemen ranks 44th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Yemen?

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

Where does this Yemen data come from?

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

Child mortality vs. health spending in Yemen

Name: Child mortality vs. health spending in Yemen
Creator: United Nations 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 vs. health spending was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

3.81 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.4%

World rank

44th

of 199 countries

All-time high

45.63 deaths per 100 live births

in 1957

All-time low

3.81 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1957–2024

Child mortality vs. health spending in Yemen, 1957–2024

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

Analysis

Yemen recorded 3.81 deaths per 100 live births for child mortality vs. health spending in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 68 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 vs. health spending in Yemen peaked at 45.63 deaths per 100 live births in 1957 and was at its lowest, 3.81 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Yemen ranks 44th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	44.2 deaths per 100 live births	45.63 deaths per 100 live births	3
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 199 places →

More health data for Yemen

Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 570,800 (2025)
Population, male 50.7% (2025)
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 578,203 (2025)
Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 607,475 (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 561,315 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 11.65 million (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 17.14 million (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 589,338 (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 543,962 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 512,258 (2025)

All data for Yemen →

Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality vs. health spending in Yemen?: Child mortality vs. health spending in Yemen was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Yemen?: The highest recorded value was 45.63 deaths per 100 live births in 1957.
What is the lowest child mortality vs. health spending recorded in Yemen?: The lowest recorded value was 3.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Yemen rank for child mortality vs. health spending?: Yemen ranks 44th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality vs. health spending rising or falling in Yemen?: Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Yemen data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality vs. health spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .