Egypt vs Guatemala: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Egypt
2.22 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guatemala
2.09 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
62nd
Guatemala rank
65th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Egypt
- Guatemala
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 2.22 deaths per 100 live births against 2.09 deaths per 100 live births in Guatemala, a difference of 0.13 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 62nd and Guatemala ranks 65th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Guatemala in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.86 deaths per 100 live births | 7.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1712 deaths per 100 live births | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 3.85 deaths per 100 live births | 4.53 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6855 deaths per 100 live births | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 2.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2682 deaths per 100 live births | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0867 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Egypt or Guatemala?
- Egypt, at 2.22 deaths per 100 live births against 2.09 deaths per 100 live births in Guatemala as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Egypt and Guatemala?
- 0.13 deaths per 100 live births, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guatemala?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Guatemala rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Egypt ranks 62nd and Guatemala ranks 65th of 106 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by household wealth. 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 in the middle 20% of the population in terms of wealth.