Jordan vs Yemen: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 1.3 per 100 live births in Jordan and 3.8 per 100 live births in Yemen, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Yemen, by 2.5 per 100 live births, or 2.95 times that in Jordan.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Yemen has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1952.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Jordan	Yemen	World
2024	1.3	3.8	3.7
2023	1.3	4	3.8
2022	1.4	4.1	4
2021	1.4	4.3	4
2020	1.5	4.3	3.9
2019	1.5	4.6	4
2018	1.5	4.7	4
2017	1.6	4.8	4.1
2016	1.6	4.8	4.2
2015	1.7	4.9	4.3
2014	1.7	4.9	4.4
2013	1.7	5	4.5
2012	1.8	5.2	4.7
2011	1.8	5.3	5
2010	1.9	5.5	5.1
2009	2	5.8	5.3
2008	2	6	5.5
2007	2.1	6.3	5.7
2006	2.1	6.7	6
2005	2.2	7.1	6.2
2004	2.3	7.5	6.6
2003	2.4	7.9	6.8
2002	2.4	8.4	7.1
2001	2.5	8.8	7.4
2000	2.6	9.3	7.7
1999	2.7	9.7	7.9
1998	2.8	10.2	8.3
1997	2.8	10.5	8.4
1996	2.9	10.8	8.6
1995	3	11.1	8.8
1994	3.1	11.3	8.9
1993	3.2	11.6	9.1
1992	3.3	11.8	9.2
1991	3.4	12.2	9.3
1990	3.6	12.5	9.4
1989	3.7	12.9	9.5
1988	3.8	13.4	10
1987	4	14	9.9
1986	4.2	14.7	10.3
1985	4.4	15.4	10.6
1984	4.6	16.3	10.9
1983	4.8	17.3	11.1
1982	5	18.5	11.2
1981	5.3	19.7	11.6
1980	5.5	20.9	11.9
1979	5.8	22.2	11.9
1978	6.1	23.6	12.3
1977	6.4	24.9	12.6
1976	6.7	26.1	12.8
1975	7	27.4	13.1
1974	7.4	28.6	13.3
1973	7.7	29.8	13.5
1972	8.1	30.9	13.7
1971	8.6	32.1	13.9
1970	9	33.4	14.2
1969	9.5	34.7	14.6
1968	9.9	35.9	15
1967	10.5	37.2	15.3
1966	11	38.4	15.1
1965	11.7	39.4	15.1
1964	12.3	40.4	15.7
1963	13.1	41.2	16.2
1962	13.8	42	17
1961	14.7	42.7	18.8
1960	15.5	43.4	20.2
1959	16.5	44.2	19.9
1958	17.5	44.9	19.7
1957	18.6	45.6	20.5
1956	19.7	43.8	21.3
1955	20.8	44.9	22.3
1954	22.1	45.9	22.8
1953	23.3	47	23.3
1952	24.6	48.2	23.9
1951	26	–	24.3
1950	27.5	–	24.7
1949	29	–	24.9
1948	30.6	–	24.9
1947	32.2	–	25.5
1946	34	–	25.8
1945	35.8	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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