Algeria vs Tunisia
Algeria vs Tunisia: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Algeria and 1.2 per 100 live births in Tunisia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 1 per 100 live births, or 1.79 times that in Tunisia.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 1992, when it overtook Tunisia.
- In 2024, Algeria ranked 72 and Tunisia ranked 114 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 | Tunisia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1.9 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 3.1 | 2 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3.4 | 2.2 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 3.5 | 2.3 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 3.7 | 2.4 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2.7 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 5 | 4.7 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 5 | 5 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 5.5 | 6 | 10 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 8.9 | 7.5 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 10.5 | 8 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 12.3 | 8.5 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 14 | 9 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 15.6 | 9.6 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 16.9 | 10.2 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 18 | 11 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 19 | 11.7 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 20 | 12.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 20.8 | 13.5 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 21.7 | 14.4 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 22.4 | 15.3 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 23.1 | 16.2 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 23.6 | 17.1 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 24.1 | 18.1 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 24.4 | 19.1 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 24.5 | 20.2 | 15 |
| 1967 | 24.5 | 21.3 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 24.5 | 22.5 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 24.2 | 24.8 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 24.1 | 26 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 24 | 27.3 | 17 |
| 1961 | 24 | 28.3 | 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 Tunisia
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Tunisia: 76.5 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Tunisia: 9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Tunisia: 74.3% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Tunisia: 3.92% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Tunisia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Tunisia: 12.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Tunisia: 0.65% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Tunisia: 1.83 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Tunisia: 70.7% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Tunisia: 32.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Tunisia: 9.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Tunisia: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Tunisia: 2.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Tunisia: $1.35B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Tunisia: $121 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Tunisia: 7.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Tunisia: 48,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Tunisia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Tunisia: 1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Tunisia: 7 million TIV in 2025