Egypt vs Yemen: Number of child deaths
Egypt
53,943 deaths
in 2024
Yemen
52,477 deaths
in 2024
Egypt rank
24th
Yemen rank
25th
Number of child deaths over time
- Egypt
- Yemen
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 53,943 deaths against 52,477 deaths in Yemen, a difference of 1,466 deaths.
Across all 62 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 24th and Yemen ranks 25th 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 | 354,697 deaths | 128,634 deaths | 226,062 deaths | Egypt |
| 1970s | 332,045 deaths | 115,122 deaths | 216,923 deaths | Egypt |
| 1980s | 230,746 deaths | 91,986 deaths | 138,760 deaths | Egypt |
| 1990s | 128,566 deaths | 81,538 deaths | 47,028 deaths | Egypt |
| 2000s | 81,066 deaths | 61,915 deaths | 19,151 deaths | Egypt |
| 2010s | 70,436 deaths | 52,629 deaths | 17,807 deaths | Egypt |
| 2020s | 55,971 deaths | 54,017 deaths | 1,954 deaths | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths, Egypt or Yemen?
- Egypt, at 53,943 deaths against 52,477 deaths in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths between Egypt and Yemen?
- 1,466 deaths, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Yemen?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Yemen rank globally for number of child deaths?
- Egypt ranks 24th and Yemen ranks 25th 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 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 under 5 .