Egypt vs Iraq: Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
Egypt
2.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Iraq
2.18 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
69th
Iraq rank
71st
Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita over time
- Egypt
- Iraq
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 2.24 deaths per 100 live births against 2.18 deaths per 100 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 69th and Iraq ranks 71st of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and Iraq in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 35.43 deaths per 100 live births | 22.94 deaths per 100 live births | 12.49 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1960s | 28.37 deaths per 100 live births | 14.99 deaths per 100 live births | 13.38 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 21.99 deaths per 100 live births | 9.22 deaths per 100 live births | 12.77 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 12.69 deaths per 100 live births | 6.69 deaths per 100 live births | 6 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 6.73 deaths per 100 live births | 5.36 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.85 deaths per 100 live births | 4.01 deaths per 100 live births | 0.162 deaths per 100 live births | Iraq |
| 2010s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2.99 deaths per 100 live births | 0.277 deaths per 100 live births | Iraq |
| 2020s | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 0.014 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita, Egypt or Iraq?
- Egypt, at 2.24 deaths per 100 live births against 2.18 deaths per 100 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita between Egypt and Iraq?
- 0.06 deaths per 100 live births, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iraq?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Iraq rank globally for child mortality rate vs. gdp per capita?
- Egypt ranks 69th and Iraq ranks 71st of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.