Egypt vs Zambia: Number of neonatal deaths
Egypt
11,756 deaths
in 2019
Zambia
13,071 deaths
in 2019
Egypt rank
37th
Zambia rank
35th
Number of neonatal deaths over time
- Egypt
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 13,071 deaths against 11,756 deaths in Egypt, a difference of 1,315 deaths.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 35th of 204 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 100,399 deaths | 7,606 deaths | 92,792 deaths | Egypt |
| 1960s | 97,257 deaths | 9,648 deaths | 87,609 deaths | Egypt |
| 1970s | 95,861 deaths | 10,099 deaths | 85,762 deaths | Egypt |
| 1980s | 83,481 deaths | 11,567 deaths | 71,914 deaths | Egypt |
| 1990s | 49,092 deaths | 13,550 deaths | 35,542 deaths | Egypt |
| 2000s | 35,994 deaths | 15,180 deaths | 20,814 deaths | Egypt |
| 2010s | 16,697 deaths | 13,900 deaths | 2,798 deaths | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Egypt or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 13,071 deaths against 11,756 deaths in Egypt as of 2019.
- What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Egypt and Zambia?
- 1,315 deaths, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Zambia?
- 70 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2019.
- How do Egypt and Zambia rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?
- Egypt ranks 37th and Zambia ranks 35th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Deaths in children aged 0-27 days.