Egypt vs Guyana: Child mortality rate by sex
Egypt
2.07 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guyana
2.19 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
69th
Guyana rank
67th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Egypt
- Guyana
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 2.19 deaths per 100 live births against 2.07 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt, a difference of 0.12 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Guyana'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 69th and Guyana ranks 67th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Guyana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Guyana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 36.34 deaths per 100 live births | 9.7 deaths per 100 live births | 26.64 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1960s | 29.09 deaths per 100 live births | 7.16 deaths per 100 live births | 21.92 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 22.47 deaths per 100 live births | 6.45 deaths per 100 live births | 16.02 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 12.76 deaths per 100 live births | 5.93 deaths per 100 live births | 6.82 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 6.63 deaths per 100 live births | 4.72 deaths per 100 live births | 1.91 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 3.68 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0284 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2010s | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 2.94 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3944 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2020s | 2.18 deaths per 100 live births | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1669 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Egypt or Guyana?
- Guyana, at 2.19 deaths per 100 live births against 2.07 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Egypt and Guyana?
- 0.12 deaths per 100 live births, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guyana?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Guyana rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Egypt ranks 69th and Guyana ranks 67th 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 rate 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 female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .