What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Algeria and Iraq?

0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Iraq ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Algeria vs Iraq: Mortality rate, infant

Algeria

19.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Iraq

20.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Algeria rank

70th

Iraq rank

69th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Algeria
Iraq

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 19.5 per 1,000 live births in Algeria, a difference of 0.6 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 70th and Iraq ranks 69th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Algeria	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1960s	161.78 per 1,000 live births	110.99 per 1,000 live births	50.79 per 1,000 live births	Algeria
1970s	139.8 per 1,000 live births	71.39 per 1,000 live births	68.41 per 1,000 live births	Algeria
1980s	66.26 per 1,000 live births	52.32 per 1,000 live births	13.94 per 1,000 live births	Algeria
1990s	38.45 per 1,000 live births	43.5 per 1,000 live births	5.05 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2000s	29.72 per 1,000 live births	35.27 per 1,000 live births	5.55 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2010s	22.29 per 1,000 live births	27.13 per 1,000 live births	4.84 per 1,000 live births	Iraq
2020s	19.96 per 1,000 live births	21.42 per 1,000 live births	1.46 per 1,000 live births	Iraq

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Algeria or Iraq?: Iraq, at 20.1 per 1,000 live births against 19.5 per 1,000 live births in Algeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Algeria and Iraq?: 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Iraq ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Iraq?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Iraq rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Algeria ranks 70th and Iraq ranks 69th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.