United Arab Emirates vs Yemen: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates and 3.8 per 100 live births in Yemen, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Yemen, by 3.3 per 100 live births, or 7.94 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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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 1960.
In 2024, United Arab Emirates ranked 162 and Yemen ranked 44 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
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	United Arab Emirates	Yemen	World
2024	0.5	3.8	3.7
2023	0.5	4	3.8
2022	0.5	4.1	4
2021	0.6	4.3	4
2020	0.6	4.3	3.9
2019	0.6	4.6	4
2018	0.7	4.7	4
2017	0.7	4.8	4.1
2016	0.7	4.8	4.2
2015	0.8	4.9	4.3
2014	0.8	4.9	4.4
2013	0.8	5	4.5
2012	0.8	5.2	4.7
2011	0.9	5.3	5
2010	0.9	5.5	5.1
2009	0.9	5.8	5.3
2008	0.9	6	5.5
2007	0.9	6.3	5.7
2006	1	6.7	6
2005	1	7.1	6.2
2004	1	7.5	6.6
2003	1	7.9	6.8
2002	1	8.4	7.1
2001	1.1	8.8	7.4
2000	1.1	9.3	7.7
1999	1.1	9.7	7.9
1998	1.1	10.2	8.3
1997	1.2	10.5	8.4
1996	1.2	10.8	8.6
1995	1.2	11.1	8.8
1994	1.3	11.3	8.9
1993	1.3	11.6	9.1
1992	1.4	11.8	9.2
1991	1.4	12.2	9.3
1990	1.5	12.5	9.4
1989	1.6	12.9	9.5
1988	1.7	13.4	10
1987	1.8	14	9.9
1986	2	14.7	10.3
1985	2.1	15.4	10.6
1984	2.3	16.3	10.9
1983	2.5	17.3	11.1
1982	2.8	18.5	11.2
1981	3.1	19.7	11.6
1980	3.4	20.9	11.9
1979	3.8	22.2	11.9
1978	4.2	23.6	12.3
1977	4.7	24.9	12.6
1976	5.3	26.1	12.8
1975	5.8	27.4	13.1
1974	6.5	28.6	13.3
1973	7.2	29.8	13.5
1972	7.9	30.9	13.7
1971	8.7	32.1	13.9
1970	9.7	33.4	14.2
1969	10.6	34.7	14.6
1968	11.6	35.9	15
1967	12.7	37.2	15.3
1966	13.7	38.4	15.1
1965	14.8	39.4	15.1
1964	15.9	40.4	15.7
1963	17	41.2	16.2
1962	18	42	17
1961	19.1	42.7	18.8
1960	20.1	43.4	20.2
1959	–	44.2	19.9
1958	–	44.9	19.7
1957	–	45.6	20.5
1956	–	43.8	21.3
1955	–	44.9	22.3
1954	–	45.9	22.8
1953	–	47	23.3
1952	–	48.2	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	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

Each country on its own

Good to know

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time