Egypt vs Venezuela: Child mortality rate
Egypt
2.24 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Venezuela
2.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
70th
Venezuela rank
67th
Child mortality rate over time
- Egypt
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 2.42 deaths per 100 live births against 2.24 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 70th and Venezuela ranks 67th of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Venezuela in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 21.99 deaths per 100 live births | 5.47 deaths per 100 live births | 16.53 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 12.69 deaths per 100 live births | 3.72 deaths per 100 live births | 8.97 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 6.73 deaths per 100 live births | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 4.11 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.85 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 1.95 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2010s | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.04 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6718 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2020s | 2.34 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0764 deaths per 100 live births | Venezuela |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Egypt or Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 2.42 deaths per 100 live births against 2.24 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Egypt and Venezuela?
- 0.18 deaths per 100 live births, with Venezuela ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Venezuela?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Venezuela rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Egypt ranks 70th and Venezuela 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. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births .