Egypt vs Guyana: Mortality rate, under-5
Egypt
22.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guyana
25.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
68th
Guyana rank
65th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Egypt
- Guyana
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 22.4 per 1,000 live births in Egypt, a difference of 2.8 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Guyana'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 68th and Guyana ranks 65th of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Guyana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Guyana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 283.68 per 1,000 live births | 80.91 per 1,000 live births | 202.77 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 219.95 per 1,000 live births | 72.96 per 1,000 live births | 146.99 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 126.92 per 1,000 live births | 67.48 per 1,000 live births | 59.44 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 67.35 per 1,000 live births | 54.38 per 1,000 live births | 12.97 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 38.48 per 1,000 live births | 42.23 per 1,000 live births | 3.75 per 1,000 live births | Guyana |
| 2010s | 27.16 per 1,000 live births | 33.71 per 1,000 live births | 6.55 per 1,000 live births | Guyana |
| 2020s | 23.44 per 1,000 live births | 26.9 per 1,000 live births | 3.46 per 1,000 live births | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Egypt or Guyana?
- Guyana, at 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 22.4 per 1,000 live births in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Egypt and Guyana?
- 2.8 per 1,000 live births, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guyana?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Guyana rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- Egypt ranks 68th and Guyana ranks 65th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.