Egypt vs Iraq: Mortality rate, under-5
Egypt
22.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iraq
21.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt rank
68th
Iraq rank
70th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Egypt
- Iraq
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 22.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.8 per 1,000 live births in Iraq, a difference of 0.6 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 68th and Iraq ranks 70th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Iraq in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 283.68 per 1,000 live births | 149.89 per 1,000 live births | 133.79 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1970s | 219.95 per 1,000 live births | 92.25 per 1,000 live births | 127.7 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1980s | 126.92 per 1,000 live births | 66.9 per 1,000 live births | 60.02 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 1990s | 67.35 per 1,000 live births | 53.6 per 1,000 live births | 13.75 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
| 2000s | 38.48 per 1,000 live births | 40.1 per 1,000 live births | 1.62 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2010s | 27.16 per 1,000 live births | 29.93 per 1,000 live births | 2.77 per 1,000 live births | Iraq |
| 2020s | 23.44 per 1,000 live births | 23.3 per 1,000 live births | 0.14 per 1,000 live births | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Egypt or Iraq?
- Egypt, at 22.4 per 1,000 live births against 21.8 per 1,000 live births in Iraq as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Egypt and Iraq?
- 0.6 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?
- Egypt ranks 68th 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 (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.