Algeria vs Niger: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Algeria and 11.1 per 100 live births in Niger, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Niger, by 8.9 per 100 live births, or 5.13 times that in Algeria.

Watch it change on the map

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

AlgeriaNigerWorld

What the numbers say

Niger has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1967.
In 2024, Algeria ranked 72 and Niger ranked 2 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
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

Year	Algeria	Niger	World
2024	2.2	11.1	3.7
2023	2.2	11.4	3.8
2022	2.2	11.6	4
2021	2.3	11.8	4
2020	2.3	12	3.9
2019	2.3	12.1	4
2018	2.4	12.2	4
2017	2.4	12.3	4.1
2016	2.5	12.4	4.2
2015	2.5	12.5	4.3
2014	2.5	12.7	4.4
2013	2.6	12.8	4.5
2012	2.7	13	4.7
2011	2.7	13.3	5
2010	2.8	13.6	5.1
2009	2.9	14	5.3
2008	3	14.6	5.5
2007	3.1	15.3	5.7
2006	3.3	16.2	6
2005	3.4	17.1	6.2
2004	3.5	18.2	6.6
2003	3.7	19.4	6.8
2002	3.9	20.6	7.1
2001	4	21.7	7.4
2000	4.2	22.8	7.7
1999	4.3	23.8	7.9
1998	4.5	24.7	8.3
1997	4.6	25.8	8.4
1996	4.7	26.9	8.6
1995	4.8	28.2	8.8
1994	4.9	29.4	8.9
1993	5	30.6	9.1
1992	5	31.7	9.2
1991	5.1	32.5	9.3
1990	5.2	33.2	9.4
1989	5.3	33.8	9.5
1988	5.5	34.1	10
1987	6	34.2	9.9
1986	6.6	34.1	10.3
1985	7.6	33.9	10.6
1984	8.9	33.5	10.9
1983	10.5	33	11.1
1982	12.3	32.7	11.2
1981	14	32.5	11.6
1980	15.6	32.5	11.9
1979	16.9	32.8	11.9
1978	18	33.2	12.3
1977	19	33.7	12.6
1976	20	34.1	12.8
1975	20.8	34.4	13.1
1974	21.7	34.5	13.3
1973	22.4	34.4	13.5
1972	23.1	34.1	13.7
1971	23.6	33.7	13.9
1970	24.1	33.3	14.2
1969	24.4	32.9	14.6
1968	24.5	32.5	15
1967	24.5	32.1	15.3
1966	24.5	–	15.1
1965	24.4	–	15.1
1964	24.2	–	15.7
1963	24.1	–	16.2
1962	24	–	17
1961	24	–	18.8
1960	23.9	–	20.2
1959	23.9	–	19.9
1958	24	–	19.7
1957	24.1	–	20.5
1956	24.1	–	21.3
1955	24.2	–	22.3
1954	24.3	–	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

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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time

Algeria vs Niger: Child mortality

What the numbers say

Every year

Each country on its own

Good to know

Algeria vs Niger

Health

People

Economy

Education

Politics

Conflict

Military

Climate

Technology and environment