Egypt vs Vietnam

Egypt vs Vietnam: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.29 times that in Vietnam.

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

Egypt vs Vietnam: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Egypt and 1.7 per 100 live births in Vietnam, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Egypt, by 0.5 per 100 live births, or 1.29 times that in Vietnam.
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What the numbers say

  • Egypt has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1959.
  • 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

YearEgyptVietnamWorld
20242.21.73.7
20232.31.83.8
20222.41.84
20212.41.94
20202.423.9
20192.524
20182.52.14
20172.62.14.1
20162.62.14.2
20152.72.24.3
20142.72.24.4
20132.82.24.5
20122.92.34.7
201132.35
20103.12.35.1
20093.22.35.3
20083.32.45.5
20073.42.45.7
20063.62.56
20053.72.56.2
20043.92.66.6
200342.76.8
20024.32.87.1
20014.52.97.4
20004.737.7
199953.27.9
19985.33.38.3
19975.73.58.4
19966.13.78.6
19956.53.98.8
19946.94.28.9
19937.34.49.1
19927.84.79.2
19918.24.99.3
19908.65.29.4
19899.15.49.5
19889.65.610
198710.35.99.9
198611.1610.3
1985126.210.6
1984136.410.9
1983146.511.1
1982156.711.2
1981166.811.6
198017711.9
1979187.211.9
1978197.312.3
1977207.512.6
1976217.712.8
197521.97.913.1
197422.81113.3
197323.610.713.5
197224.212.213.7
197124.610.813.9
1970251114.2
196925.411.114.6
196825.81215
196726.310.415.3
196626.810.315.1
196527.610.315.1
196428.49.915.7
196329.310.916.2
196230.311.317
196131.411.718.8
196032.412.120.2
195933.512.519.9
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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