Which has higher child mortality, Algeria or Iraq?

Iraq, at 2.18 against 2.16 in Algeria as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Iraq?

71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.

Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Algeria

2.16

in 2024

Iraq

2.18

in 2024

Algeria rank

72nd

Iraq rank

71st

Iraq currently reports 2.18 against 2.16 in Algeria, a difference of 0.02.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Iraq ahead.

Algeria ranks 72nd and Iraq ranks 71st of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 4 and Iraq in 4.

Decade	Algeria	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1950s	24.1	23.73	0.3733	Algeria
1960s	24.24	14.99	9.26	Algeria
1970s	20.95	9.22	11.72	Algeria
1980s	9.24	6.69	2.55	Algeria
1990s	4.8	5.36	0.56	Iraq
2000s	3.5	4.01	0.514	Iraq
2010s	2.54	2.99	0.456	Iraq
2020s	2.23	2.33	0.102	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Which has higher child mortality, Algeria or Iraq?: Iraq, at 2.18 against 2.16 in Algeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Algeria and Iraq?: 0.02, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Iraq?: 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Iraq rank globally for child mortality?: Algeria ranks 72nd and Iraq ranks 71st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.