Algeria vs Mauritania

Algeria vs Mauritania: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Algeria and 3.7 per 100 live births in Mauritania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mauritania, by 1.5 per 100 live births, or 1.71 times that in Algeria.

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

Algeria vs Mauritania: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Algeria and 3.7 per 100 live births in Mauritania, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Mauritania, by 1.5 per 100 live births, or 1.71 times that in Algeria.
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What the numbers say

  • Mauritania has been higher since 1979, when it overtook Algeria.
  • 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

YearAlgeriaMauritaniaWorld
20242.23.73.7
20232.23.83.8
20222.23.94
20212.34.14
20202.34.23.9
20192.34.34
20182.44.54
20172.44.64.1
20162.54.84.2
20152.54.94.3
20142.55.14.4
20132.65.24.5
20122.75.44.7
20112.75.55
20102.85.75.1
20092.95.95.3
200836.15.5
20073.16.45.7
20063.36.86
20053.47.36.2
20043.57.86.6
20033.78.36.8
20023.98.87.1
200149.37.4
20004.29.87.7
19994.310.27.9
19984.510.58.3
19974.610.88.4
19964.710.98.6
19954.811.18.8
19944.911.28.9
1993511.39.1
1992511.49.2
19915.111.59.3
19905.211.79.4
19895.311.99.5
19885.512.210
1987612.79.9
19866.613.210.3
19857.613.910.6
19848.914.510.9
198310.515.111.1
198212.315.611.2
19811416.111.6
198015.616.611.9
197916.917.211.9
19781817.712.3
19771918.212.6
19762018.612.8
197520.818.913.1
197421.722.413.3
197322.422.513.5
197223.122.613.7
197123.622.813.9
197024.123.114.2
196924.423.614.6
196824.524.315
196724.52115.3
196624.521.715.1
196524.422.415.1
196424.223.115.7
196324.123.816.2
19622424.517
19612425.118.8
196023.925.820.2
195923.926.419.9
19582427.119.7
195724.127.620.5
195624.128.221.3
195524.228.822.3
195424.329.322.8
1953–29.823.3
1952–30.223.9
1951–30.624.3
1950–3124.7
1949–31.424.9
1948–31.824.9
1947–32.125.5
1946–32.325.8
1945–32.626.7
1944–32.927.4
1943–33.127.7
1942–33.327.9
1941–33.527.8
1940–33.827.9
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

Each country on its own

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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