Egypt vs India: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Egypt
2.22 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India
2.62 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
62nd
India rank
60th
Child mortality rate by household wealth over time
- Egypt
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 2.62 deaths per 100 live births against 2.22 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt, a difference of 0.4 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes India's figure about 1.2 times Egypt's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 62nd and India ranks 60th of 106 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.86 deaths per 100 live births | 11.6 deaths per 100 live births | 4.73 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2000s | 3.85 deaths per 100 live births | 7.8 deaths per 100 live births | 3.95 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2010s | 2.7 deaths per 100 live births | 4.53 deaths per 100 live births | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | India |
| 2020s | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2.92 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5943 deaths per 100 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by household wealth, Egypt or India?
- India, at 2.62 deaths per 100 live births against 2.22 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Egypt and India?
- 0.4 deaths per 100 live births, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and India rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?
- Egypt ranks 62nd and India ranks 60th 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.