Algeria vs Palau: Child mortality rate

Algeria
2.16 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Palau
2.14 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Algeria rank
72nd
Palau rank
73rd

Child mortality rate over time

  • Algeria
  • Palau
0510152025195419892024

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 2.16 deaths per 100 live births against 2.14 deaths per 100 live births in Palau, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 72nd and Palau ranks 73rd of 200 countries.

Algeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Palau Difference Ahead
1960s 24.45 deaths per 100 live births 9.06 deaths per 100 live births 15.39 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1970s 20.95 deaths per 100 live births 6.35 deaths per 100 live births 14.6 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1980s 9.24 deaths per 100 live births 4.02 deaths per 100 live births 5.22 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1990s 4.8 deaths per 100 live births 3.18 deaths per 100 live births 1.62 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
2000s 3.5 deaths per 100 live births 2.27 deaths per 100 live births 1.23 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
2010s 2.54 deaths per 100 live births 2.11 deaths per 100 live births 0.427 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
2020s 2.23 deaths per 100 live births 2.23 deaths per 100 live births 0.002 deaths per 100 live births Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Algeria or Palau?
Algeria, at 2.16 deaths per 100 live births against 2.14 deaths per 100 live births in Palau as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Algeria and Palau?
0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Palau?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Palau rank globally for child mortality rate?
Algeria ranks 72nd and Palau ranks 73rd of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.