Egypt vs Tunisia

Egypt vs Tunisia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 1.2 per 100 live births in Tunisia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 1 per 100 live births, or 1.85 times that in Tunisia.

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

Egypt vs Tunisia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 1.2 per 100 live births in Tunisia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 1 per 100 live births, or 1.85 times that in Tunisia.
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What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1961.
  • 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

YearEgyptTunisiaWorld
20242.21.23.7
20232.31.33.8
20222.41.44
20212.41.54
20202.41.63.9
20192.51.74
20182.51.84
20172.61.84.1
20162.61.84.2
20152.71.84.3
20142.71.84.4
20132.81.84.5
20122.91.84.7
201131.95
20103.11.95.1
20093.21.95.3
20083.31.95.5
20073.425.7
20063.62.16
20053.72.26.2
20043.92.36.6
200342.46.8
20024.32.67.1
20014.52.77.4
20004.72.97.7
199953.17.9
19985.33.48.3
19975.73.78.4
19966.13.98.6
19956.54.28.8
19946.94.58.9
19937.34.79.1
19927.859.2
19918.25.29.3
19908.65.59.4
19899.15.89.5
19889.6610
198710.36.39.9
198611.16.710.3
1985127.110.6
1984137.510.9
198314811.1
1982158.511.2
198116911.6
1980179.611.9
19791810.211.9
1978191112.3
19772011.712.6
19762112.612.8
197521.913.513.1
197422.814.413.3
197323.615.313.5
197224.216.213.7
197124.617.113.9
19702518.114.2
196925.419.114.6
196825.820.215
196726.321.315.3
196626.822.515.1
196527.623.615.1
196428.424.815.7
196329.32616.2
196230.327.317
196131.428.318.8
196032.4–20.2
195933.5–19.9
195834.4–19.7
195735.4–20.5
195636.4–21.3
195537.4–22.3
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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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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