Eritrea vs Yemen: Number of child deaths per woman
Eritrea
0.1238 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Yemen
0.1255 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Eritrea rank
47th
Yemen rank
46th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Eritrea
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 0.1255 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1238 under-five deaths per woman in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0017 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Yemen ahead.
Eritrea ranks 47th and Yemen ranks 46th of 200 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.42 under-five deaths per woman | 2.85 under-five deaths per woman | 1.42 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1970s | 1.41 under-five deaths per woman | 2.34 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9251 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1980s | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 1.43 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0617 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1990s | 0.7295 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8508 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1214 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 2000s | 0.3526 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4194 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0667 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 2010s | 0.2031 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2182 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0152 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.1381 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1461 under-five deaths per woman | 0.008 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Eritrea or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 0.1255 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1238 under-five deaths per woman in Eritrea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Eritrea and Yemen?
- 0.0017 under-five deaths per woman, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Yemen?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Yemen rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Eritrea ranks 47th and Yemen ranks 46th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).