Algeria vs Mauritania
Algeria vs Mauritania: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 4.1 per 100,000 people in Algeria and 6.6 per 100,000 people in Mauritania, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Mauritania, by 2.5 per 100,000 people, or 1.61 times that in Algeria.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Mauritania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Algeria ranked 175 and Mauritania ranked 138 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Algeria | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 6.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 4.9 | 6.8 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 6.8 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 6.9 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 5.1 | 7 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5.3 | 7.2 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 5.3 | 7.4 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 5.2 | 7.6 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 5.2 | 7.7 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 5.1 | 7.8 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 16 |
| 1992 | 4.9 | 7.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 4.8 | 7.7 | 15.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
- Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Mauritania
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Mauritania: 68.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Mauritania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Mauritania: 3.09% in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Mauritania: 5.02 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Mauritania: 2.95% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Mauritania: 4.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Mauritania: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Mauritania: 17.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Mauritania: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Mauritania: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Mauritania: 2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Mauritania: $315M in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Mauritania: $61 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Mauritania: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Mauritania: 21,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Mauritania: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Mauritania: 2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Mauritania: 126 million TIV in 2024