What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Egypt and Iraq?

0.7 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.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Iraq: Mortality rate, infant

Egypt

20.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iraq

20.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Egypt rank

67th

Iraq rank

69th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Egypt
Iraq

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 20.8 per 1,000 live births against 20.1 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.7 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 67th and Iraq ranks 69th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Iraq in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1960s	158.25 per 1,000 live births	110.99 per 1,000 live births	47.26 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
1970s	141.58 per 1,000 live births	71.39 per 1,000 live births	70.19 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
1980s	94 per 1,000 live births	52.32 per 1,000 live births	41.68 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
1990s	54.77 per 1,000 live births	43.5 per 1,000 live births	11.27 per 1,000 live births	Egypt
2000s	33.38 per 1,000 live births	35.27 per 1,000 live births	1.89 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2010s	24.61 per 1,000 live births	27.13 per 1,000 live births	2.52 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2020s	21.74 per 1,000 live births	21.42 per 1,000 live births	0.32 per 1,000 live births	Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Egypt or Iraq?: Egypt, at 20.8 per 1,000 live births against 20.1 per 1,000 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Egypt and Iraq?: 0.7 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?: Egypt ranks 67th 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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.