Egypt vs Niue: Infant mortality rate by sex
Egypt
1.92 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Niue
1.97 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
67th
Niue rank
65th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Egypt
- Niue
How they compare
Niue currently reports 1.97 deaths per 100 live births against 1.92 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 67th and Niue ranks 65th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and Niue in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 17.87 deaths per 100 live births | 8.05 deaths per 100 live births | 9.82 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1960s | 15.43 deaths per 100 live births | 5.94 deaths per 100 live births | 9.49 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 13.88 deaths per 100 live births | 3.19 deaths per 100 live births | 10.7 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 9.14 deaths per 100 live births | 1.97 deaths per 100 live births | 7.17 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 5.28 deaths per 100 live births | 2.24 deaths per 100 live births | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.14 deaths per 100 live births | 2.93 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2048 deaths per 100 live births | Egypt |
| 2010s | 2.29 deaths per 100 live births | 2.63 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3356 deaths per 100 live births | Niue |
| 2020s | 2.01 deaths per 100 live births | 2.11 deaths per 100 live births | 0.094 deaths per 100 live births | Niue |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Egypt or Niue?
- Niue, at 1.97 deaths per 100 live births against 1.92 deaths per 100 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Egypt and Niue?
- 0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Niue ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Niue?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Niue rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Egypt ranks 67th and Niue ranks 65th 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 rate 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 female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .