What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Egypt and Iraq?

0.07 deaths per 100 live births, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iraq?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

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 household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Iraq: Child mortality rate by household wealth

Egypt

2.22 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Iraq

2.15 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Egypt rank

62nd

Iraq rank

63rd

Child mortality rate by household wealth over time

Egypt
Iraq

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 2.22 deaths per 100 live births against 2.15 deaths per 100 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 62nd and Iraq ranks 63rd of 106 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and Iraq in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1990s	6.86 deaths per 100 live births	5.39 deaths per 100 live births	1.47 deaths per 100 live births	Egypt
2000s	3.85 deaths per 100 live births	4.01 deaths per 100 live births	0.1567 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2010s	2.7 deaths per 100 live births	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	0.2592 deaths per 100 live births	Iraq
2020s	2.33 deaths per 100 live births	2.3 deaths per 100 live births	0.0313 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 Iraq?: Egypt, at 2.22 deaths per 100 live births against 2.15 deaths per 100 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate by household wealth between Egypt and Iraq?: 0.07 deaths per 100 live births, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iraq?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Iraq rank globally for child mortality rate by household wealth?: Egypt ranks 62nd and Iraq ranks 63rd of 106 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 household wealth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate by household wealth
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 3,710 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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.