Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Egypt or Uganda?

Uganda, at 36,739 deaths against 33,761 deaths in Egypt as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Egypt and Uganda?

2,978 deaths, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Uganda?

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Uganda: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Egypt

33,761 deaths

in 2024

Uganda

36,739 deaths

in 2024

Egypt rank

13th

Uganda rank

11th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Egypt
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 36,739 deaths against 33,761 deaths in Egypt, a difference of 2,978 deaths.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 13th and Uganda ranks 11th of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1960s	84,554 deaths	26,326 deaths	58,227 deaths	Egypt
1970s	92,874 deaths	29,868 deaths	63,006 deaths	Egypt
1980s	82,742 deaths	34,373 deaths	48,369 deaths	Egypt
1990s	53,749 deaths	36,036 deaths	17,713 deaths	Egypt
2000s	43,362 deaths	36,426 deaths	6,936 deaths	Egypt
2010s	40,855 deaths	34,815 deaths	6,039 deaths	Egypt
2020s	34,739 deaths	36,347 deaths	1,608 deaths	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Egypt or Uganda?: Uganda, at 36,739 deaths against 33,761 deaths in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Egypt and Uganda?: 2,978 deaths, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Uganda?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Uganda rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Egypt ranks 13th and Uganda ranks 11th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .