Egypt vs Iraq: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Egypt
20.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iraq
19.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
68th
Iraq rank
69th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Egypt
- Iraq
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 20.7 per 1,000 live births against 19.7 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.
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 5 and Iraq in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 290.89 per 1,000 live births | 143.38 per 1,000 live births | 147.51 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 224.66 per 1,000 live births | 86.86 per 1,000 live births | 137.8 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 127.55 per 1,000 live births | 62.59 per 1,000 live births | 64.96 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 66.29 per 1,000 live births | 49.86 per 1,000 live births | 16.43 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 36.51 per 1,000 live births | 36.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.13 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2010s | 25.43 per 1,000 live births | 27.11 per 1,000 live births | 1.68 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2020s | 21.76 per 1,000 live births | 21.02 per 1,000 live births | 0.74 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Egypt or Iraq?
- Egypt, at 20.7 per 1,000 live births against 19.7 per 1,000 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Egypt and Iraq?
- 1 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, under-5, female?
- 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, under-5, female (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
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.