Egypt vs Iraq: Mortality rate, infant, male
Egypt
22.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iraq
22 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
68th
Iraq rank
69th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Egypt
- Iraq
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 22.3 per 1,000 live births against 22 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 68th and Iraq ranks 69th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Iraq in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 162.02 per 1,000 live births | 117.46 per 1,000 live births | 44.56 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 144.2 per 1,000 live births | 76.37 per 1,000 live births | 67.83 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 96.54 per 1,000 live births | 56.05 per 1,000 live births | 40.49 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 56.62 per 1,000 live births | 46.7 per 1,000 live births | 9.92 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 35.28 per 1,000 live births | 38.22 per 1,000 live births | 2.94 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2010s | 26.2 per 1,000 live births | 29.58 per 1,000 live births | 3.38 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2020s | 23.28 per 1,000 live births | 23.44 per 1,000 live births | 0.16 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Egypt or Iraq?
- Egypt, at 22.3 per 1,000 live births against 22 per 1,000 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Egypt and Iraq?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Iraq?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Iraq rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Egypt ranks 68th and Iraq ranks 69th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.