Algeria vs Syrian Arab Republic: Infant mortality by sex

Algeria
2.12 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Syrian Arab Republic
1.94 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Algeria rank
71st
Syrian Arab Republic rank
73rd

Infant mortality by sex over time

  • Algeria
  • Syrian Arab Republic
05101520195419892024

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 2.12 deaths per 100 live births against 1.94 deaths per 100 live births in Syrian Arab Republic, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Algeria's figure about 1.1 times Syrian Arab Republic's.

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

Algeria ranks 71st and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 73rd of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 7 and Syrian Arab Republic in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Syrian Arab Republic Difference Ahead
1950s 17.2 deaths per 100 live births 12.07 deaths per 100 live births 5.14 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1960s 16.82 deaths per 100 live births 9.44 deaths per 100 live births 7.38 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1970s 14.49 deaths per 100 live births 6.46 deaths per 100 live births 8.03 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1980s 7.04 deaths per 100 live births 4.28 deaths per 100 live births 2.76 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
1990s 4.14 deaths per 100 live births 2.86 deaths per 100 live births 1.29 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
2000s 3.19 deaths per 100 live births 2.04 deaths per 100 live births 1.15 deaths per 100 live births Algeria
2010s 2.41 deaths per 100 live births 2.46 deaths per 100 live births 0.0543 deaths per 100 live births Syrian Arab Republic
2020s 2.17 deaths per 100 live births 2.07 deaths per 100 live births 0.0975 deaths per 100 live births Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality by sex, Algeria or Syrian Arab Republic?
Algeria, at 2.12 deaths per 100 live births against 1.94 deaths per 100 live births in Syrian Arab Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality by sex between Algeria and Syrian Arab Republic?
0.18 deaths per 100 live births, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Syrian Arab Republic?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for infant mortality by sex?
Algeria ranks 71st and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 73rd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Algeria vs Syrian Arab Republic: Infant mortality by sex. Statizoid, drawing on United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/infant-mortality-by-sex/algeria/syrian-arab-republic/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/infant-mortality-by-sex/algeria/syrian-arab-republic/">Algeria vs Syrian Arab Republic: Infant mortality by sex</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

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 .