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Infant mortality rate in Yemen

The infant mortality rate in Yemen was 33.8 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Yemen, 2024 33.8 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −1.1per 1,000 live births 2023: 34.9 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 27.7 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 38th of 196 See the full ranking

Infant mortality rate in Yemen over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Infant mortality rate (UN estimates) (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period YemenWorld
2024 33.8 per 1,000 live births 27.7 per 1,000 live births
2023 34.9 per 1,000 live births 28.4 per 1,000 live births
2022 36.0 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2021 36.9 per 1,000 live births 29.3 per 1,000 live births
2020 37.6 per 1,000 live births 29.1 per 1,000 live births
2019 39.0 per 1,000 live births 29.2 per 1,000 live births
2018 39.7 per 1,000 live births 29.6 per 1,000 live births
2017 40.1 per 1,000 live births 30.0 per 1,000 live births
2016 40.7 per 1,000 live births 30.6 per 1,000 live births
2015 41.6 per 1,000 live births 31.5 per 1,000 live births
2014 41.8 per 1,000 live births 32.1 per 1,000 live births
2013 42.6 per 1,000 live births 33.1 per 1,000 live births
2012 44.0 per 1,000 live births 34.0 per 1,000 live births
2011 45.2 per 1,000 live births 35.9 per 1,000 live births
2010 46.7 per 1,000 live births 36.7 per 1,000 live births
2009 48.6 per 1,000 live births 38.0 per 1,000 live births
2008 50.8 per 1,000 live births 39.2 per 1,000 live births
2007 53.2 per 1,000 live births 40.7 per 1,000 live births
2006 55.9 per 1,000 live births 42.3 per 1,000 live births
2005 58.8 per 1,000 live births 44.1 per 1,000 live births
2004 61.9 per 1,000 live births 46.3 per 1,000 live births
2003 65.2 per 1,000 live births 48.0 per 1,000 live births
2002 68.7 per 1,000 live births 49.9 per 1,000 live births
2001 72.2 per 1,000 live births 51.9 per 1,000 live births
2000 75.8 per 1,000 live births 53.3 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −1.1 from 34.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 41.8 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −8.0.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Yemen has the 38th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 27.7 per 1,000 live births.

More for Yemen

All statistics for Yemen
Under-five mortality rate 38.1 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 69.3 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 14.0 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 57.9 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 43 2023 · WHO Alcohol consumption 0.00 litres 2024 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Yemen
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)