Egypt vs Yemen: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Egypt
33,761 deaths
in 2024
Yemen
29,116 deaths
in 2024
Egypt rank
13th
Yemen rank
16th
Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time
- Egypt
- Yemen
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 33,761 deaths against 29,116 deaths in Yemen, a difference of 4,645 deaths.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Yemen's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 13th and Yemen ranks 16th of 199 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,758 deaths | 29,099 deaths | 54,659 deaths | Egypt |
| 1970s | 92,874 deaths | 30,288 deaths | 62,586 deaths | Egypt |
| 1980s | 82,742 deaths | 30,687 deaths | 52,055 deaths | Egypt |
| 1990s | 53,749 deaths | 30,553 deaths | 23,196 deaths | Egypt |
| 2000s | 43,362 deaths | 27,593 deaths | 15,770 deaths | Egypt |
| 2010s | 40,855 deaths | 26,808 deaths | 14,047 deaths | Egypt |
| 2020s | 34,739 deaths | 29,307 deaths | 5,432 deaths | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Egypt or Yemen?
- Egypt, at 33,761 deaths against 29,116 deaths in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Egypt and Yemen?
- 4,645 deaths, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Yemen?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Yemen rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?
- Egypt ranks 13th and Yemen ranks 16th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β 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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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .