Egypt vs Jamaica: Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex
Egypt
13.48 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Jamaica
14.05 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Egypt rank
86th
Jamaica rank
83rd
Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex over time
- Egypt
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 14.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 13.48 deaths per 1,000 people in Egypt, a difference of 0.57 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 86th and Jamaica ranks 83rd of 236 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 227.46 deaths per 1,000 people | 80.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 146.8 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 1960s | 184.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 50.95 deaths per 1,000 people | 133.34 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 1970s | 150.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.68 deaths per 1,000 people | 116.13 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 1980s | 94.41 deaths per 1,000 people | 23.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 70.58 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 1990s | 52.17 deaths per 1,000 people | 17.69 deaths per 1,000 people | 34.48 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 2000s | 28.94 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.15 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.79 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 2010s | 18.44 deaths per 1,000 people | 13.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.62 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 2020s | 14.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 14.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.06 deaths per 1,000 people | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex, Egypt or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 14.05 deaths per 1,000 people against 13.48 deaths per 1,000 people in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex between Egypt and Jamaica?
- 0.57 deaths per 1,000 people, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Jamaica?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Jamaica rank globally for annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex?
- Egypt ranks 86th and Jamaica ranks 83rd 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 Annual death rates in people of different ages, by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.