Iraq vs Venezuela: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Iraq
23.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Venezuela
26.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iraq rank
70th
Venezuela rank
67th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Iraq
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 26.2 per 1,000 live births against 23.8 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 2.4 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 70th and Venezuela ranks 67th 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 | 156.05 per 1,000 live births | 77.21 per 1,000 live births | 78.84 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 1970s | 97.32 per 1,000 live births | 59.49 per 1,000 live births | 37.83 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 1980s | 70.97 per 1,000 live births | 40.68 per 1,000 live births | 30.29 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 1990s | 57.14 per 1,000 live births | 28.86 per 1,000 live births | 28.28 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2000s | 43.38 per 1,000 live births | 21.01 per 1,000 live births | 22.37 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2010s | 32.58 per 1,000 live births | 22.34 per 1,000 live births | 10.24 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2020s | 25.44 per 1,000 live births | 26.2 per 1,000 live births | 0.76 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, male, Iraq or Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 26.2 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 Iraq and Venezuela?
- 2.4 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, male?
- Iraq ranks 70th and Venezuela ranks 67th 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.