Which has higher child mortality, Egypt or Iraq?

Egypt, at 2.24 against 2.18 in Iraq as of 2024.

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

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt

2.24

in 2024

Iraq

2.18

in 2024

Egypt rank

69th

Iraq rank

71st

Egypt currently reports 2.24 against 2.18 in Iraq, a difference of 0.06.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 69th and Iraq ranks 71st of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and Iraq in 2.

Decade	Egypt	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1950s	35.43	22.94	12.49	Egypt
1960s	28.37	14.99	13.38	Egypt
1970s	21.99	9.22	12.77	Egypt
1980s	12.69	6.69	6	Egypt
1990s	6.73	5.36	1.37	Egypt
2000s	3.85	4.01	0.162	Iraq
2010s	2.72	2.99	0.277	Iraq
2020s	2.34	2.33	0.014	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Egypt or Iraq?: Egypt, at 2.24 against 2.18 in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Egypt and Iraq?: 0.06, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iraq?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Iraq rank globally for child mortality?: Egypt ranks 69th and Iraq ranks 71st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.