Algeria vs Pakistan: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Algeria and 5.6 per 100 live births in Pakistan, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Pakistan, by 3.4 per 100 live births, or 2.59 times that in Algeria.

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

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What the numbers say

Pakistan has been higher since 1980, when it overtook Algeria.
In 2024, Algeria ranked 72 and Pakistan ranked 24 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	Pakistan	World
2024	2.2	5.6	3.7
2023	2.2	5.8	3.8
2022	2.2	6	4
2021	2.3	6.2	4
2020	2.3	6.4	3.9
2019	2.3	6.6	4
2018	2.4	6.8	4
2017	2.4	7	4.1
2016	2.5	7.2	4.2
2015	2.5	7.5	4.3
2014	2.5	7.7	4.4
2013	2.6	8	4.5
2012	2.7	8.2	4.7
2011	2.7	8.4	5
2010	2.8	8.7	5.1
2009	2.9	8.9	5.3
2008	3	9.1	5.5
2007	3.1	9.2	5.7
2006	3.3	9.4	6
2005	3.4	9.6	6.2
2004	3.5	9.8	6.6
2003	3.7	10	6.8
2002	3.9	10.3	7.1
2001	4	10.5	7.4
2000	4.2	10.8	7.7
1999	4.3	11.1	7.9
1998	4.5	11.5	8.3
1997	4.6	11.8	8.4
1996	4.7	12.2	8.6
1995	4.8	12.5	8.8
1994	4.9	12.8	8.9
1993	5	13.2	9.1
1992	5	13.5	9.2
1991	5.1	13.8	9.3
1990	5.2	14	9.4
1989	5.3	14.3	9.5
1988	5.5	14.6	10
1987	6	14.9	9.9
1986	6.6	15.1	10.3
1985	7.6	15.4	10.6
1984	8.9	15.7	10.9
1983	10.5	15.9	11.1
1982	12.3	16.1	11.2
1981	14	16.4	11.6
1980	15.6	16.6	11.9
1979	16.9	16.8	11.9
1978	18	17	12.3
1977	19	17.2	12.6
1976	20	17.4	12.8
1975	20.8	17.6	13.1
1974	21.7	17.9	13.3
1973	22.4	18.2	13.5
1972	23.1	18.4	13.7
1971	23.6	18.8	13.9
1970	24.1	19.1	14.2
1969	24.4	19.4	14.6
1968	24.5	19.8	15
1967	24.5	20.2	15.3
1966	24.5	20.7	15.1
1965	24.4	21.3	15.1
1964	24.2	22	15.7
1963	24.1	22.7	16.2
1962	24	23.5	17
1961	24	24.4	18.8
1960	23.9	25.3	20.2
1959	23.9	26.3	19.9
1958	24	27.3	19.7
1957	24.1	28.4	20.5
1956	24.1	29.6	21.3
1955	24.2	30.8	22.3
1954	24.3	32.1	22.8
1953	–	33.5	23.3
1952	–	35	23.9
1951	–	36.5	24.3
1950	–	38.1	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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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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