Algeria vs Egypt: Infant mortality by sex

Algeria
2.12 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Egypt
2.23 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Algeria rank
71st
Egypt rank
69th

Infant mortality by sex over time

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 2.23 deaths per 100 live births against 2.12 deaths per 100 live births in Algeria, a difference of 0.11 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Algeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Egypt ahead.

Algeria ranks 71st and Egypt ranks 69th of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 2 and Egypt in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Egypt Difference Ahead
1950s 17.2 deaths per 100 live births 18.9 deaths per 100 live births 1.69 deaths per 100 live births Egypt
1960s 16.82 deaths per 100 live births 16.2 deaths per 100 live births 0.6153 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1970s 14.49 deaths per 100 live births 14.42 deaths per 100 live births 0.0687 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1980s 7.04 deaths per 100 live births 9.65 deaths per 100 live births 2.61 deaths per 100 live births Egypt
1990s 4.14 deaths per 100 live births 5.66 deaths per 100 live births 1.52 deaths per 100 live births Egypt
2000s 3.19 deaths per 100 live births 3.53 deaths per 100 live births 0.3392 deaths per 100 live births Egypt
2010s 2.41 deaths per 100 live births 2.62 deaths per 100 live births 0.2142 deaths per 100 live births Egypt
2020s 2.17 deaths per 100 live births 2.33 deaths per 100 live births 0.1598 deaths per 100 live births Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Algeria or Egypt?
Egypt, at 2.23 deaths per 100 live births against 2.12 deaths per 100 live births in Algeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Algeria and Egypt?
0.11 deaths per 100 live births, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Egypt?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Egypt rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
Algeria ranks 71st and Egypt ranks 69th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality by sex
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 12,987 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under one year, per 100 live births .