Rwanda vs Yemen: Number of child deaths per woman
Rwanda
0.1264 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Yemen
0.1255 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Rwanda rank
45th
Yemen rank
46th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Rwanda
- Yemen
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 0.1264 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1255 under-five deaths per woman in Yemen, a difference of 0.0009 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Yemen ahead.
Rwanda ranks 45th and Yemen ranks 46th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 3.55 under-five deaths per woman | 1.61 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1960s | 1.73 under-five deaths per woman | 3.19 under-five deaths per woman | 1.45 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1970s | 1.95 under-five deaths per woman | 2.34 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3841 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1980s | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 1.43 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1044 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1990s | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8508 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5164 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.6518 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4194 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2324 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.2087 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2182 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0095 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.1425 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1461 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0036 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, Rwanda or Yemen?
- Rwanda, at 0.1264 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1255 under-five deaths per woman in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Rwanda and Yemen?
- 0.0009 under-five deaths per woman, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Yemen?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Yemen rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Rwanda ranks 45th 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).