Egypt vs Yemen: Number of infant deaths
Egypt
50,279 deaths
in 2024
Yemen
46,799 deaths
in 2024
Egypt rank
16th
Yemen rank
18th
Number of infant deaths over time
- Egypt
- Yemen
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 50,279 deaths against 46,799 deaths in Yemen, a difference of 3,480 deaths.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 16th and Yemen ranks 18th of 199 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 216,420 deaths | 79,324 deaths | 137,096 deaths | Egypt |
| 1960s | 205,159 deaths | 84,708 deaths | 120,452 deaths | Egypt |
| 1970s | 216,741 deaths | 81,394 deaths | 135,346 deaths | Egypt |
| 1980s | 172,929 deaths | 69,954 deaths | 102,975 deaths | Egypt |
| 1990s | 104,426 deaths | 65,072 deaths | 39,354 deaths | Egypt |
| 2000s | 70,709 deaths | 51,753 deaths | 18,956 deaths | Egypt |
| 2010s | 64,050 deaths | 45,110 deaths | 18,940 deaths | Egypt |
| 2020s | 51,775 deaths | 47,617 deaths | 4,158 deaths | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of infant deaths, Egypt or Yemen?
- Egypt, at 50,279 deaths against 46,799 deaths in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of infant deaths between Egypt and Yemen?
- 3,480 deaths, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Yemen?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Yemen rank globally for number of infant deaths?
- Egypt ranks 16th and Yemen ranks 18th 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 infant 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 1 .