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Yemen
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
YEMEN VS JAMAICA

Compare Yemen and Jamaica health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Jamaica
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Yemen Population Pyramid
48,080,012
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Jamaica Population Pyramid
2,960,321
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Yemen YEMEN   Jamaica JAMAICA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
34.5
34.9
34.7
164
167
166
  
62.5
66.3
64.4
40
44
41
1970
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
  
66.6
70.2
68.4
28
47
41
1980
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
  
69.1
72.4
70.7
31
53
35
1990
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
  
69.9
73.4
71.6
39
65
47
2000
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
  
69.8
75.5
72.6
58
59
59
2010
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
  
72.5
77.7
75.0
53
58
53
2019
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
  
74.4
77.7
76.0
57
82
66
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Jamaica JAMAICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.4
68.9
136
139
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age
64.4
68.9
136
139
74.4
77.7
57
82
Age 5
68.7
72.8
137
134
75.5
78.6
50
78
Age 10
69.1
73.3
136
134
75.6
78.7
51
77
Age 15
69.5
73.6
137
134
75.7
78.8
51
77
Age 20
69.9
73.9
137
134
75.9
78.9
51
78
Age 25
70.7
74.2
129
133
76.1
79.1
53
77
Age 30
71.3
74.6
123
132
76.4
79.3
54
76
Age 35
71.9
75.0
122
132
76.7
79.6
53
74
Age 40
72.6
75.4
122
134
77.1
80.0
51
73
Age 45
73.3
76.0
122
135
77.6
80.4
49
71
Age 50
74.2
76.7
123
137
78.2
81.0
52
69
Age 55
75.3
77.6
123
140
79.0
81.8
53
64
Age 60
76.8
78.7
124
139
80.1
82.6
55
61
Age 65
78.6
80.2
120
141
81.4
83.8
52
58
Age 70
80.8
82.0
121
137
83.1
85.2
54
54
Age 75
83.4
84.2
121
133
85.4
86.9
50
50
Age 80
86.3
86.9
121
131
88.1
89.1
40
42
Age 85
89.6
90.1
119
128
91.1
91.5
20
25
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Jamaica JAMAICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
278.48
14
49.69
162
2. Stroke
127.49
32
70.26
104
3. Hypertension
52.65
11
18.75
89
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
44.65
63
11.23
153
5. War
43.23
3
0.02
99
6. Road Traffic Accidents
34.92
36
14.23
101
7. Lung Disease
30.33
49
13.20
151
8. Kidney Disease
22.46
95
23.98
84
9. Liver Disease
21.23
84
4.80
162
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.18
65
15.09
133
11. Asthma
17.56
26
2.02
115
12. Diabetes Mellitus
15.42
120
61.66
24
13. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
25.54
24
14. Diarrhoeal diseases
13.11
64
1.06
133
15. Low Birth Weight
12.37
16
6.72
67
16. Violence
10.22
49
47.92
4
17. Tuberculosis
9.58
68
0.24
157
18. Other Injuries
8.91
78
2.77
173
19. Congenital Anomalies
8.06
29
4.63
124
20. Birth Trauma
8.05
39
1.82
96
21. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
7.00
77
22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
13.25
39
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.19
30
2.47
92
24. Suicide
7.06
115
2.28
175
25. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
2.28
95
26. Malaria
6.67
41
0.00
119
27. Measles
6.60
12
0.00
136
28. Falls
6.19
82
2.34
167
29. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
14.66
78
30. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
3.14
161
31. Malnutrition
4.37
57
1.43
90
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.35
21
0.85
127
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.06
95
3.69
118
34. Fires
4.01
27
0.47
145
35. Inflammatory/Heart
3.58
121
4.11
112
36. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.13
63
37. Drownings
3.37
65
0.34
182
38. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
1.87
141
39. Meningitis
3.13
52
0.49
116
40. Maternal Conditions
3.12
56
1.15
81
41. Endocrine Disorders
2.84
118
5.56
60
42. Pertussis
2.74
26
0.00
177
43. Drug Use
2.68
29
0.40
169
44. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
3.62
94
45. Lymphomas
2.30
168
7.87
10
46. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
5.85
38
47. Hepatitis B
2.02
7
0.03
165
48. Poisonings
1.93
46
0.08
175
49. HIV/AIDS
1.93
107
25.41
38
50. Epilepsy
1.86
77
1.48
101
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Yemen YEMEN   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30,158
19.39
1,726
9.88
2. Stroke
13,570
8.72
2,415
13.82
3. War
12,915
8.30
1
0.01
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
11,978
7.70
393
2.25
5. Low Birth Weight
8,810
5.66
241
1.38
6. Road Traffic Accidents
8,561
5.50
444
2.54
7. Birth Trauma
5,939
3.82
65
0.37
8. Hypertension
5,293
3.40
651
3.73
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
4,372
2.81
35
0.20
10. Congenital Anomalies
4,291
2.76
139
0.80
11. Lung Disease
3,196
2.05
452
2.59
12. Measles
3,019
1.94
0
0.00
13. Liver Disease
2,891
1.86
155
0.89
14. Violence
2,839
1.83
1,484
8.49
15. Kidney Disease
2,679
1.72
793
4.54
16. Other Injuries
2,225
1.43
91
0.52
17. Asthma
2,106
1.35
65
0.37
18. Tuberculosis
1,899
1.22
8
0.05
19. Diabetes Mellitus
1,794
1.15
2,077
11.88
20. Malaria
1,719
1.11
0
0.00
21. Suicide
1,699
1.09
70
0.40
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,405
0.90
587
3.36
23. Pertussis
1,239
0.80
0
0.00
24. Falls
1,170
0.75
82
0.47
25. Drownings
1,142
0.73
10
0.06
26. Breast Cancer
1,134
0.73
413
2.36
27. Malnutrition
1,058
0.68
48
0.27
28. Meningitis
1,018
0.65
16
0.09
29. Fires
991
0.64
16
0.09
30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
913
0.59
436
2.49
31. Stomach Cancer
902
0.58
231
1.32
32. Maternal Conditions
890
0.57
35
0.20
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
833
0.54
82
0.47
34. Leukemia
776
0.50
129
0.74
35. Oesophagus Cancer
765
0.49
74
0.42
36. Endocrine Disorders
738
0.47
176
1.01
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
707
0.45
27
0.15
38. Drug Use
613
0.39
13
0.07
39. Liver Cancer
609
0.39
101
0.58
40. Inflammatory/Heart
585
0.38
133
0.76
41. Lung Cancers
569
0.37
472
2.70
42. Oral Cancer
547
0.35
59
0.34
43. Epilepsy
539
0.35
46
0.26
44. Poisonings
532
0.34
2
0.01
45. Lymphomas
433
0.28
251
1.44
46. HIV/AIDS
396
0.25
757
4.33
47. Tetanus
395
0.25
0
0.00
48. Encephalitis
369
0.24
13
0.07
49. Parkinson's Disease
362
0.23
132
0.76
50. Hepatitis B
299
0.19
1
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Yemen YEMEN   Jamaica JAMAICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
14.77
121
25.54
24
2. Stomach Cancer
7.79
67
7.00
77
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.78
107
13.25
39
4. Oesophagus Cancer
6.92
24
2.28
95
5. Lung Cancers
4.89
137
14.66
78
6. Liver Cancer
4.88
102
3.14
161
7. Leukemia
3.41
101
4.13
63
8. Oral Cancer
3.26
77
1.87
141
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.35
134
3.62
94
10. Lymphomas
2.30
168
7.87
10
11. Ovary Cancer
2.25
166
5.85
38
12. Cervical Cancer
1.52
178
22.18
32
13. Bladder Cancer
1.50
129
1.77
108
14. Prostate Cancer
0.88
183
53.37
3
15. Skin Cancers
0.81
144
0.29
168
16. Uterin Cancer
0.05
181
6.42
8
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.