Egypt vs Thailand

Egypt vs Thailand: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 1.3 per 100 live births, or 2.49 times that in Thailand.

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

Egypt vs Thailand: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 0.9 per 100 live births in Thailand, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 1.3 per 100 live births, or 2.49 times that in Thailand.
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What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1955.
  • 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

YearEgyptThailandWorld
20242.20.93.7
20232.30.93.8
20222.414
20212.414
20202.413.9
20192.514
20182.51.14
20172.61.14.1
20162.61.24.2
20152.71.24.3
20142.71.24.4
20132.81.34.5
20122.91.34.7
201131.45
20103.11.45.1
20093.21.55.3
20083.31.55.5
20073.41.65.7
20063.61.76
20053.71.76.2
20043.91.86.6
200341.96.8
20024.327.1
20014.52.17.4
20004.72.27.7
199952.37.9
19985.32.48.3
19975.72.58.4
19966.12.78.6
19956.52.88.8
19946.938.9
19937.33.19.1
19927.83.39.2
19918.23.59.3
19908.63.79.4
19899.13.99.5
19889.64.110
198710.34.39.9
198611.14.610.3
1985124.810.6
198413510.9
1983145.311.1
1982155.511.2
1981165.811.6
1980176.111.9
1979186.411.9
1978196.712.3
197720712.6
1976217.412.8
197521.97.813.1
197422.88.213.3
197323.68.613.5
197224.2913.7
197124.69.513.9
1970251014.2
196925.410.514.6
196825.810.915
196726.311.415.3
196626.811.915.1
196527.612.315.1
196428.412.815.7
196329.313.316.2
196230.313.817
196131.414.318.8
196032.414.820.2
195933.515.319.9
195834.415.819.7
195735.416.320.5
195636.416.921.3
195537.417.522.3
1954–18.122.8
1953–18.723.3
1952–19.423.9
1951–2024.3
1950–20.724.7
1949–21.524.9
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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Good to know

  • 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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