Egypt vs Nigeria: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 11.6 per 100 live births in Nigeria, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Nigeria, by 9.3 per 100 live births, or 5.16 times that in Egypt.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Nigeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1962.
The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Year	Egypt	Nigeria	World
2024	2.2	11.6	3.7
2023	2.3	11.7	3.8
2022	2.4	11.8	4
2021	2.4	11.8	4
2020	2.4	11.7	3.9
2019	2.5	11.7	4
2018	2.5	11.7	4
2017	2.6	11.7	4.1
2016	2.6	11.7	4.2
2015	2.7	11.8	4.3
2014	2.7	11.9	4.4
2013	2.8	12	4.5
2012	2.9	12.2	4.7
2011	3	12.4	5
2010	3.1	12.6	5.1
2009	3.2	12.9	5.3
2008	3.3	13.3	5.5
2007	3.4	13.7	5.7
2006	3.6	14.1	6
2005	3.7	14.6	6.2
2004	3.9	15.1	6.6
2003	4	15.7	6.8
2002	4.3	16.4	7.1
2001	4.5	17.1	7.4
2000	4.7	17.7	7.7
1999	5	18.4	7.9
1998	5.3	18.9	8.3
1997	5.7	19.4	8.4
1996	6.1	19.8	8.6
1995	6.5	20.1	8.8
1994	6.9	20.3	8.9
1993	7.3	20.5	9.1
1992	7.8	20.6	9.2
1991	8.2	20.7	9.3
1990	8.6	20.8	9.4
1989	9.1	20.8	9.5
1988	9.6	20.8	10
1987	10.3	20.8	9.9
1986	11.1	20.8	10.3
1985	12	20.7	10.6
1984	13	20.7	10.9
1983	14	20.7	11.1
1982	15	20.8	11.2
1981	16	21	11.6
1980	17	21.3	11.9
1979	18	21.7	11.9
1978	19	22.3	12.3
1977	20	22.9	12.6
1976	21	23.6	12.8
1975	21.9	24.3	13.1
1974	22.8	25.2	13.3
1973	23.6	26	13.5
1972	24.2	26.8	13.7
1971	24.6	27.6	13.9
1970	25	38.7	14.2
1969	25.4	39.7	14.6
1968	25.8	40.7	15
1967	26.3	30.5	15.3
1966	26.8	31.2	15.1
1965	27.6	31.9	15.1
1964	28.4	32.6	15.7
1963	29.3	31.1	16.2
1962	30.3	31.3	17
1961	31.4	–	18.8
1960	32.4	–	20.2
1959	33.5	–	19.9
1958	34.4	–	19.7
1957	35.4	–	20.5
1956	36.4	–	21.3
1955	37.4	–	22.3
1954	–	–	22.8
1953	–	–	23.3
1952	–	–	23.9
1951	–	–	24.3
1950	–	–	24.7
1949	–	–	24.9
1948	–	–	24.9
1947	–	–	25.5
1946	–	–	25.8
1945	–	–	26.7
1944	–	–	27.4
1943	–	–	27.7
1942	–	–	27.9
1941	–	–	27.8
1940	–	–	27.9
1939	–	–	28
1938	–	–	28.7
1937	–	–	28.8
1936	–	–	29.1
1935	–	–	29.5
1934	–	–	30.7
1933	–	–	30.5
1932	–	–	30.7
1931	–	–	31.4
1930	–	–	31.6
1929	–	–	32
1928	–	–	31.9
1927	–	–	31.9
1926	–	–	32.7
1925	–	–	32.4
1924	–	–	33.1
1923	–	–	33.1
1922	–	–	33.2
1921	–	–	34.2
1920	–	–	34.4
1919	–	–	35.7
1918	–	–	37.6
1917	–	–	35.3
1916	–	–	35.1
1915	–	–	35.3
1914	–	–	35.4
1913	–	–	35.1
1912	–	–	35.5
1911	–	–	36
1910	–	–	36.4
1909	–	–	36.6
1908	–	–	37.2
1907	–	–	37.4
1906	–	–	38.1
1905	–	–	38.8
1904	–	–	38.9
1903	–	–	39.5
1902	–	–	40.1
1901	–	–	40.8
1900	–	–	40.9
1899	–	–	40.8
1898	–	–	41.2
1897	–	–	41
1896	–	–	41.1
1895	–	–	41.3
1894	–	–	41.2
1893	–	–	41.2
1892	–	–	41.7
1891	–	–	41.3
1890	–	–	41.5
1889	–	–	41.2
1888	–	–	41
1887	–	–	41.1
1886	–	–	41.1
1885	–	–	41.2
1884	–	–	41.1
1883	–	–	41.4
1882	–	–	41.5
1881	–	–	41.1
1880	–	–	41.6
1879	–	–	41.1
1878	–	–	41.6
1877	–	–	41.2
1876	–	–	41.4
1875	–	–	41.5
1874	–	–	41.7
1873	–	–	41.8
1872	–	–	42.1
1871	–	–	42.2
1870	–	–	41.9
1869	–	–	42.1
1868	–	–	42.4
1867	–	–	42
1866	–	–	42.1
1865	–	–	42.3
1864	–	–	42.2
1863	–	–	42.5
1862	–	–	42.6
1861	–	–	42.9
1860	–	–	42.9
1859	–	–	43.7
1858	–	–	43.8
1857	–	–	44.2
1856	–	–	44.2
1855	–	–	44
1854	–	–	43.7
1853	–	–	43.2
1852	–	–	42.9
1851	–	–	42.4
1850	–	–	42
1849	–	–	42.3
1848	–	–	42.3
1847	–	–	42.2
1846	–	–	42.4
1845	–	–	42
1844	–	–	42.1
1843	–	–	42.1
1842	–	–	42.2
1841	–	–	42.1
1840	–	–	42.1
1839	–	–	42.1
1838	–	–	42.2
1837	–	–	42.2
1836	–	–	42.2
1835	–	–	42.2
1834	–	–	42.3
1833	–	–	42.2
1832	–	–	42.2
1831	–	–	42.2
1830	–	–	42.2
1829	–	–	42.1
1828	–	–	42.1
1827	–	–	42.1
1826	–	–	42.1
1825	–	–	42.1
1824	–	–	42.1
1823	–	–	42.1
1822	–	–	42.1
1821	–	–	42.1
1820	–	–	42.1
1819	–	–	42.2
1818	–	–	42.2
1817	–	–	42.2
1816	–	–	42.2
1815	–	–	42.2
1814	–	–	42.3
1813	–	–	42.3
1812	–	–	42.4
1811	–	–	42.4
1810	–	–	42.5
1809	–	–	42.5
1808	–	–	42.5
1807	–	–	42.5
1806	–	–	42.6
1805	–	–	42.6
1804	–	–	42.6
1803	–	–	42.6
1802	–	–	42.7
1801	–	–	42.7
1800	–	–	42.8

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The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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