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Mortality in Yemen, Rep., by the numbers

Yemen, Rep. sits in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. A newborn there can expect about 69.5 years of life, 155th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Yemen, Rep., each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
69.5 yrs
155th of 212
GDP per capita
$634
7th lowest of 212
Population aged 65+
2.5 %
9th lowest of 212

16 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Yemen, Rep. ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 69.5 yrs 155 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 11.1 /1,000 46 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 4.7 /1,000 196 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.6 yrs 137 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 60.4 /1,000 108 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 4.2 yrs 147 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 77.4 men/100 women 86 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 33.8 /1,000 37 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 118 /100k 60 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 25.8 % 22 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.2 /100k 137 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 29.4 /100k 29 of 187 2019
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.0 L 178 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 2.5 % 204 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $48 173 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $634 206 of 212 2018

Measured against the rest of the world, Yemen, Rep.'s sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 7th lowest GDP per capita in the world ($634) and the 9th lowest population aged 65+ in the world (2.5 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Yemen, Rep.; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.