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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 SWITZERLAND

Compare Yemen and Switzerland 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.

Switzerland
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
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Yemen YEMEN   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
      Yemen YEMEN   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
           
    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
    		  
    68.7
    74.1
    71.3
    7
    6
    6
    1970
    38.5
    38.9
    38.7
    164
    167
    167
    		  
    70.0
    76.2
    73.0
    6
    5
    5
    1980
    46.9
    47.4
    47.1
    150
    158
    155
    		  
    72.2
    78.9
    75.5
    8
    4
    5
    1990
    53.8
    55.2
    54.5
    146
    150
    150
    		  
    73.9
    80.7
    77.2
    9
    3
    4
    2000
    59.5
    62.2
    60.8
    131
    131
    131
    		  
    76.8
    82.5
    79.7
    4
    4
    2
    2010
    63.1
    65.8
    64.4
    129
    135
    134
    		  
    80.0
    84.5
    82.3
    2
    5
    2
    2019
    64.4
    68.9
    66.6
    136
    139
    137
    		  
    81.8
    85.1
    83.4
    1
    7
    2
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Yemen YEMEN   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    64.4
    68.9
    136
    139
    81.8
    85.1
    1
    7
    Age 5
    68.7
    72.8
    137
    134
    82.1
    85.4
    1
    6
    Age 10
    69.1
    73.3
    136
    134
    82.1
    85.4
    1
    6
    Age 15
    69.5
    73.6
    137
    134
    82.2
    85.4
    1
    6
    Age 20
    69.9
    73.9
    137
    134
    82.2
    85.5
    1
    6
    Age 25
    70.7
    74.2
    129
    133
    82.3
    85.5
    1
    6
    Age 30
    71.3
    74.6
    123
    132
    82.5
    85.6
    1
    6
    Age 35
    71.9
    75.0
    122
    132
    82.6
    85.6
    1
    6
    Age 40
    72.6
    75.4
    122
    134
    82.7
    85.7
    1
    6
    Age 45
    73.3
    76.0
    122
    135
    82.9
    85.8
    1
    6
    Age 50
    74.2
    76.7
    123
    137
    83.1
    86.0
    2
    7
    Age 55
    75.3
    77.6
    123
    140
    83.5
    86.3
    2
    8
    Age 60
    76.8
    78.7
    124
    139
    84.1
    86.7
    2
    8
    Age 65
    78.6
    80.2
    120
    141
    84.9
    87.2
    2
    9
    Age 70
    80.8
    82.0
    121
    137
    85.9
    87.8
    4
    10
    Age 75
    83.4
    84.2
    121
    133
    87.2
    88.7
    7
    13
    Age 80
    86.3
    86.9
    121
    131
    88.8
    89.8
    11
    15
    Age 85
    89.6
    90.1
    119
    128
    90.9
    91.5
    30
    26
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Yemen YEMEN   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    278.48
    14
    41.51
    170
    2. Stroke
    127.49
    32
    14.92
    183
    3. Hypertension
    52.65
    11
    8.02
    143
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    44.65
    63
    6.97
    177
    5. War
    43.23
    3
    0.01
    181
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    34.92
    36
    1.71
    180
    7. Lung Disease
    30.33
    49
    12.25
    158
    8. Kidney Disease
    22.46
    95
    4.61
    174
    9. Liver Disease
    21.23
    84
    4.37
    167
    10. Alzheimers & Dementia
    19.18
    65
    23.78
    19
    11. Asthma
    17.56
    26
    0.42
    169
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    15.42
    120
    4.37
    174
    13. Breast Cancer
    14.77
    121
    15.52
    110
    14. Diarrhoeal diseases
    13.11
    64
    0.71
    151
    15. Low Birth Weight
    12.37
    16
    1.58
    154
    16. Violence
    10.22
    49
    0.45
    179
    17. Tuberculosis
    9.58
    68
    0.10
    177
    18. Other Injuries
    8.91
    78
    2.56
    176
    19. Congenital Anomalies
    8.06
    29
    3.56
    145
    20. Birth Trauma
    8.05
    39
    0.48
    153
    21. Stomach Cancer
    7.79
    67
    3.30
    145
    22. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    107
    9.81
    78
    23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    7.19
    30
    0.51
    175
    24. Suicide
    7.06
    115
    9.83
    72
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.92
    24
    2.67
    84
    26. Malaria
    6.67
    41
    0.00
    169
    27. Measles
    6.60
    12
    0.00
    173
    28. Falls
    6.19
    82
    7.39
    65
    29. Lung Cancers
    4.89
    137
    19.52
    54
    30. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    102
    4.35
    117
    31. Malnutrition
    4.37
    57
    0.29
    126
    32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    4.35
    21
    0.31
    170
    33. Parkinson's Disease
    4.06
    95
    3.24
    133
    34. Fires
    4.01
    27
    0.15
    180
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.58
    121
    4.21
    106
    36. Leukemia
    3.41
    101
    3.37
    106
    37. Drownings
    3.37
    65
    0.47
    172
    38. Oral Cancer
    3.26
    77
    2.84
    88
    39. Meningitis
    3.13
    52
    0.13
    170
    40. Maternal Conditions
    3.12
    56
    0.05
    168
    41. Endocrine Disorders
    2.84
    118
    3.24
    102
    42. Pertussis
    2.74
    26
    0.00
    170
    43. Drug Use
    2.68
    29
    1.84
    54
    44. Pancreas Cancer
    2.35
    134
    7.68
    28
    45. Lymphomas
    2.30
    168
    5.46
    65
    46. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    166
    4.58
    84
    47. Hepatitis B
    2.02
    7
    0.03
    163
    48. Poisonings
    1.93
    46
    0.12
    164
    49. HIV/AIDS
    1.93
    107
    0.22
    144
    50. Epilepsy
    1.86
    77
    0.95
    141
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Yemen YEMEN   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30,158
    19.39
    10,713
    18.49
    2. Stroke
    13,570
    8.72
    3,918
    6.76
    3. War
    12,915
    8.30
    1
    0.00
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    11,978
    7.70
    1,949
    3.36
    5. Low Birth Weight
    8,810
    5.66
    105
    0.18
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    8,561
    5.50
    193
    0.33
    7. Birth Trauma
    5,939
    3.82
    32
    0.06
    8. Hypertension
    5,293
    3.40
    2,471
    4.26
    9. Diarrhoeal diseases
    4,372
    2.81
    186
    0.32
    10. Congenital Anomalies
    4,291
    2.76
    305
    0.53
    11. Lung Disease
    3,196
    2.05
    2,902
    5.01
    12. Measles
    3,019
    1.94
    0
    0.00
    13. Liver Disease
    2,891
    1.86
    677
    1.17
    14. Violence
    2,839
    1.83
    42
    0.07
    15. Kidney Disease
    2,679
    1.72
    1,261
    2.18
    16. Other Injuries
    2,225
    1.43
    410
    0.71
    17. Asthma
    2,106
    1.35
    95
    0.16
    18. Tuberculosis
    1,899
    1.22
    21
    0.04
    19. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,794
    1.15
    1,022
    1.76
    20. Malaria
    1,719
    1.11
    0
    0.00
    21. Suicide
    1,699
    1.09
    1,249
    2.16
    22. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,405
    0.90
    7,192
    12.41
    23. Pertussis
    1,239
    0.80
    0
    0.00
    24. Falls
    1,170
    0.75
    1,919
    3.31
    25. Drownings
    1,142
    0.73
    49
    0.08
    26. Breast Cancer
    1,134
    0.73
    1,577
    2.72
    27. Malnutrition
    1,058
    0.68
    84
    0.14
    28. Meningitis
    1,018
    0.65
    20
    0.03
    29. Fires
    991
    0.64
    21
    0.04
    30. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    913
    0.59
    1,995
    3.44
    31. Stomach Cancer
    902
    0.58
    614
    1.06
    32. Maternal Conditions
    890
    0.57
    4
    0.01
    33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    833
    0.54
    122
    0.21
    34. Leukemia
    776
    0.50
    671
    1.16
    35. Oesophagus Cancer
    765
    0.49
    491
    0.85
    36. Endocrine Disorders
    738
    0.47
    593
    1.02
    37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    707
    0.45
    78
    0.13
    38. Drug Use
    613
    0.39
    176
    0.30
    39. Liver Cancer
    609
    0.39
    805
    1.39
    40. Inflammatory/Heart
    585
    0.38
    1,027
    1.77
    41. Lung Cancers
    569
    0.37
    3,520
    6.08
    42. Oral Cancer
    547
    0.35
    500
    0.86
    43. Epilepsy
    539
    0.35
    159
    0.27
    44. Poisonings
    532
    0.34
    13
    0.02
    45. Lymphomas
    433
    0.28
    1,131
    1.95
    46. HIV/AIDS
    396
    0.25
    29
    0.05
    47. Tetanus
    395
    0.25
    0
    0.00
    48. Encephalitis
    369
    0.24
    1
    0.00
    49. Parkinson's Disease
    362
    0.23
    857
    1.48
    50. Hepatitis B
    299
    0.19
    5
    0.01
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Yemen YEMEN   Switzerland SWITZERLAND
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    14.77
    121
    15.52
    110
    2. Stomach Cancer
    7.79
    67
    3.30
    145
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    107
    9.81
    78
    4. Oesophagus Cancer
    6.92
    24
    2.67
    84
    5. Lung Cancers
    4.89
    137
    19.52
    54
    6. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    102
    4.35
    117
    7. Leukemia
    3.41
    101
    3.37
    106
    8. Oral Cancer
    3.26
    77
    2.84
    88
    9. Pancreas Cancer
    2.35
    134
    7.68
    28
    10. Lymphomas
    2.30
    168
    5.46
    65
    11. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    166
    4.58
    84
    12. Cervical Cancer
    1.52
    178
    1.28
    182
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.50
    129
    2.97
    56
    14. Prostate Cancer
    0.88
    183
    15.31
    99
    15. Skin Cancers
    0.81
    144
    2.39
    55
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.05
    181
    1.99
    108
    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.