Egypt vs India: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Egypt
23.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
India
26.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
69th
India rank
66th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Egypt
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 26.5 per 1,000 live births against 23.9 per 1,000 live births in Egypt, a difference of 2.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 69th and India ranks 66th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 2 and India in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276.83 per 1,000 live births | 223.11 per 1,000 live births | 53.72 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 215.4 per 1,000 live births | 191.24 per 1,000 live births | 24.16 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 126.32 per 1,000 live births | 144.31 per 1,000 live births | 17.99 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 1990s | 68.31 per 1,000 live births | 106.14 per 1,000 live births | 37.83 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2000s | 40.35 per 1,000 live births | 72.34 per 1,000 live births | 31.99 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2010s | 28.76 per 1,000 live births | 44.03 per 1,000 live births | 15.27 per 1,000 live births | India |
| 2020s | 25 per 1,000 live births | 29.42 per 1,000 live births | 4.42 per 1,000 live births | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Egypt or India?
- India, at 26.5 per 1,000 live births against 23.9 per 1,000 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Egypt and India?
- 2.6 per 1,000 live births, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and India rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Egypt ranks 69th and India 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, 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
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.