Egypt

Child mortality in Egypt

Child mortality in Egypt: 37.4 per 100 live births in 1955 and 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
2.2 per 100 live births
Since 1955
−35.2 per 100 live births
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in EgyptChild mortality in Egypt: 37.4 per 100 live births in 1955 and 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

Every year

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

YearEgyptWorld
20242.23.7
20232.33.8
20222.44
20212.44
20202.43.9
20192.54
20182.54
20172.64.1
20162.64.2
20152.74.3
20142.74.4
20132.84.5
20122.94.7
201135
20103.15.1
20093.25.3
20083.35.5
20073.45.7
20063.66
20053.76.2
20043.96.6
200346.8
20024.37.1
20014.57.4
20004.77.7
199957.9
19985.38.3
19975.78.4
19966.18.6
19956.58.8
19946.98.9
19937.39.1
19927.89.2
19918.29.3
19908.69.4
19899.19.5
19889.610
198710.39.9
198611.110.3
19851210.6
19841310.9
19831411.1
19821511.2
19811611.6
19801711.9
19791811.9
19781912.3
19772012.6
19762112.8
197521.913.1
197422.813.3
197323.613.5
197224.213.7
197124.613.9
19702514.2
196925.414.6
196825.815
196726.315.3
196626.815.1
196527.615.1
196428.415.7
196329.316.2
196230.317
196131.418.8
196032.420.2
195933.519.9
195834.419.7
195735.420.5
195636.421.3
195537.422.3
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

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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