Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mayotte or Yemen?

Mayotte, at 29.75 years against 29.73 years in Yemen as of 2023.

What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mayotte and Yemen?

0.02 years, with Mayotte ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte and Yemen?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mayotte vs Yemen: Average age of mothers at childbirth

Mayotte

29.75 years

in 2023

Yemen

29.73 years

in 2023

Mayotte rank

92nd

Yemen rank

93rd

Average age of mothers at childbirth over time

Mayotte
Yemen

How they compare

Mayotte currently reports 29.75 years against 29.73 years in Yemen, a difference of 0.02 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.

Mayotte ranks 92nd and Yemen ranks 93rd of 236 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mayotte	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
1950s	29.71 years	31.35 years	1.64 years	Yemen
1960s	29.73 years	31.2 years	1.46 years	Yemen
1970s	29.75 years	30.56 years	0.8145 years	Yemen
1980s	29.62 years	30.11 years	0.492 years	Yemen
1990s	29.24 years	30.28 years	1.03 years	Yemen
2000s	28.84 years	30.07 years	1.23 years	Yemen
2010s	29.55 years	29.97 years	0.4175 years	Yemen
2020s	29.73 years	29.76 years	0.03 years	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher average age of mothers at childbirth, Mayotte or Yemen?: Mayotte, at 29.75 years against 29.73 years in Yemen as of 2023.
What is the difference in average age of mothers at childbirth between Mayotte and Yemen?: 0.02 years, with Mayotte ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mayotte and Yemen?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Mayotte and Yemen rank globally for average age of mothers at childbirth?: Mayotte ranks 92nd and Yemen ranks 93rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Average age of mothers at childbirth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Average age of mothers at childbirth
Unit: years
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Mean age of mothers at the birth of their children if women were subject throughout their lives to the age-specific fertility rates observed in a given year.