Egypt vs Iraq: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Egypt
23.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iraq
23.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
69th
Iraq rank
70th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Egypt
- Iraq
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 23.9 per 1,000 live births against 23.8 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.1 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 69th and Iraq ranks 70th 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 | 276.83 per 1,000 live births | 156.05 per 1,000 live births | 120.78 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 215.4 per 1,000 live births | 97.32 per 1,000 live births | 118.08 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 126.32 per 1,000 live births | 70.97 per 1,000 live births | 55.35 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 68.31 per 1,000 live births | 57.14 per 1,000 live births | 11.17 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 40.35 per 1,000 live births | 43.38 per 1,000 live births | 3.03 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2010s | 28.76 per 1,000 live births | 32.58 per 1,000 live births | 3.82 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2020s | 25 per 1,000 live births | 25.44 per 1,000 live births | 0.44 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Egypt or Iraq?
- Egypt, at 23.9 per 1,000 live births against 23.8 per 1,000 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Egypt and Iraq?
- 0.1 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, male?
- Egypt ranks 69th and Iraq ranks 70th 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.