Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Yemen: Probability of dying in infancy, by sex
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2.8%
in 2023
Yemen
2.9%
in 2023
Lao People's Democratic Republic rank
40th
Yemen rank
37th
Probability of dying in infancy, by sex over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 2.9% against 2.8% in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Yemen ahead.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 40th and Yemen ranks 37th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Lao People's Democratic Republic averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 18.2% | 30.3% | 12.1% | Yemen |
| 1960s | 16.0% | 24.8% | 8.8% | Yemen |
| 1970s | 13.9% | 17.2% | 3.3% | Yemen |
| 1980s | 11.2% | 10.5% | 0.8% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 1990s | 8.3% | 7.3% | 1.0% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2000s | 5.8% | 5.1% | 0.7% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.5% | 0.3% | Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 3.0% | 0.1% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher probability of dying in infancy, by sex, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 2.9% against 2.8% in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2023.
- What is the difference in probability of dying in infancy, by sex between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Yemen?
- 0.1%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Yemen?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Yemen rank globally for probability of dying in infancy, by sex?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 40th and Yemen ranks 37th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Probability of dying in infancy, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Probability of dying in a given interval, among people who survived to the start of that interval.