Iraq vs Venezuela: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

Iraq
19.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Venezuela
22.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iraq rank
69th
Venezuela rank
66th

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time

  • Iraq
  • Venezuela
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How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 22.2 per 1,000 live births against 19.7 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 2.5 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Venezuela's figure about 1.1 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 69th and Venezuela ranks 66th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 6 and Venezuela in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iraq Venezuela Difference Ahead
1960s 143.38 per 1,000 live births 65.53 per 1,000 live births 77.85 per 1,000 live births Iraq
1970s 86.86 per 1,000 live births 49.63 per 1,000 live births 37.23 per 1,000 live births Iraq
1980s 62.59 per 1,000 live births 33.47 per 1,000 live births 29.12 per 1,000 live births Iraq
1990s 49.86 per 1,000 live births 23.43 per 1,000 live births 26.43 per 1,000 live births Iraq
2000s 36.64 per 1,000 live births 16.84 per 1,000 live births 19.8 per 1,000 live births Iraq
2010s 27.11 per 1,000 live births 18.43 per 1,000 live births 8.68 per 1,000 live births Iraq
2020s 21.02 per 1,000 live births 22.12 per 1,000 live births 1.1 per 1,000 live births Venezuela

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Iraq or Venezuela?
Venezuela, at 22.2 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 Iraq and Venezuela?
2.5 per 1,000 live births, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Venezuela?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Iraq and Venezuela rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Iraq ranks 69th and Venezuela ranks 66th 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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

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.