Egypt vs Palau: Infant mortality by sex
Egypt
2.23 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Palau
2.06 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
69th
Palau rank
72nd
Infant mortality by sex over time
- Egypt
- Palau
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 2.23 deaths per 100 live births against 2.06 deaths per 100 live births in Palau, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Palau's.
Across all 60 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 69th and Palau ranks 72nd of 199 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.5 deaths per 100 live births | 8.2 deaths per 100 live births | 7.29 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 14.42 deaths per 100 live births | 5.83 deaths per 100 live births | 8.59 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 9.65 deaths per 100 live births | 3.75 deaths per 100 live births | 5.91 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 5.66 deaths per 100 live births | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2.68 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.53 deaths per 100 live births | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.39 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2010s | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6165 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2020s | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1913 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Egypt or Palau?
- Egypt, at 2.23 deaths per 100 live births against 2.06 deaths per 100 live births in Palau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Egypt and Palau?
- 0.17 deaths per 100 live births, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Palau?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Palau rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
- Egypt ranks 69th and Palau ranks 72nd 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 Infant mortality by sex. 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 male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .