Egypt vs India: Child mortality by sex
Egypt
2.39 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India
2.65 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
70th
India rank
66th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Egypt
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 2.65 deaths per 100 live births against 2.39 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt, a difference of 0.26 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 70th and India ranks 66th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 3 and India in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 34.54 deaths per 100 live births | 24.56 deaths per 100 live births | 9.98 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1960s | 27.68 deaths per 100 live births | 22.31 deaths per 100 live births | 5.37 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 21.54 deaths per 100 live births | 19.12 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 12.63 deaths per 100 live births | 14.43 deaths per 100 live births | 1.8 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 1990s | 6.83 deaths per 100 live births | 10.61 deaths per 100 live births | 3.78 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2000s | 4.03 deaths per 100 live births | 7.23 deaths per 100 live births | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2010s | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | 4.4 deaths per 100 live births | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2020s | 2.5 deaths per 100 live births | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | 0.441 deaths per 100 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Egypt or India?
- India, at 2.65 deaths per 100 live births against 2.39 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Egypt and India?
- 0.26 deaths per 100 live births, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and India rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Egypt ranks 70th and India ranks 66th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .