Algeria vs United Arab Emirates: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.2 per 100 live births in Algeria and 0.5 per 100 live births in United Arab Emirates, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 1.7 per 100 live births, or 4.5 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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

AlgeriaUnited Arab EmiratesWorld

What the numbers say

Algeria has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
In 2024, Algeria ranked 72 and United Arab Emirates ranked 162 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	United Arab Emirates	World
2024	2.2	0.5	3.7
2023	2.2	0.5	3.8
2022	2.2	0.5	4
2021	2.3	0.6	4
2020	2.3	0.6	3.9
2019	2.3	0.6	4
2018	2.4	0.7	4
2017	2.4	0.7	4.1
2016	2.5	0.7	4.2
2015	2.5	0.8	4.3
2014	2.5	0.8	4.4
2013	2.6	0.8	4.5
2012	2.7	0.8	4.7
2011	2.7	0.9	5
2010	2.8	0.9	5.1
2009	2.9	0.9	5.3
2008	3	0.9	5.5
2007	3.1	0.9	5.7
2006	3.3	1	6
2005	3.4	1	6.2
2004	3.5	1	6.6
2003	3.7	1	6.8
2002	3.9	1	7.1
2001	4	1.1	7.4
2000	4.2	1.1	7.7
1999	4.3	1.1	7.9
1998	4.5	1.1	8.3
1997	4.6	1.2	8.4
1996	4.7	1.2	8.6
1995	4.8	1.2	8.8
1994	4.9	1.3	8.9
1993	5	1.3	9.1
1992	5	1.4	9.2
1991	5.1	1.4	9.3
1990	5.2	1.5	9.4
1989	5.3	1.6	9.5
1988	5.5	1.7	10
1987	6	1.8	9.9
1986	6.6	2	10.3
1985	7.6	2.1	10.6
1984	8.9	2.3	10.9
1983	10.5	2.5	11.1
1982	12.3	2.8	11.2
1981	14	3.1	11.6
1980	15.6	3.4	11.9
1979	16.9	3.8	11.9
1978	18	4.2	12.3
1977	19	4.7	12.6
1976	20	5.3	12.8
1975	20.8	5.8	13.1
1974	21.7	6.5	13.3
1973	22.4	7.2	13.5
1972	23.1	7.9	13.7
1971	23.6	8.7	13.9
1970	24.1	9.7	14.2
1969	24.4	10.6	14.6
1968	24.5	11.6	15
1967	24.5	12.7	15.3
1966	24.5	13.7	15.1
1965	24.4	14.8	15.1
1964	24.2	15.9	15.7
1963	24.1	17	16.2
1962	24	18	17
1961	24	19.1	18.8
1960	23.9	20.1	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