Egypt vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Number of under-five deaths

Egypt
53,943
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
658,274
in 2024
Egypt rank
24th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
23rd

Number of under-five deaths over time

  • Egypt
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) currently reports 658,274 against 53,943 in Egypt, a difference of 604,331.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s figure about 12.2 times Egypt's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 24th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1990s 128,566 1.21 million 1.08 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2000s 81,066 970,750 889,683 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2010s 70,436 847,467 777,031 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
2020s 55,971 691,394 635,423 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of under-five deaths, Egypt or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), at 658,274 against 53,943 in Egypt as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of under-five deaths between Egypt and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
604,331, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Egypt and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for number of under-five deaths?
Egypt ranks 24th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 23rd of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Number of under-five deaths
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,104 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Number of children dying before reaching age five.