What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Algeria and Eritrea?

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

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

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Algeria vs Eritrea: Mortality rate, neonatal

Algeria

15 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eritrea

15.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Algeria rank

60th

Eritrea rank

57th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Algeria
Eritrea

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 15.6 per 1,000 live births against 15 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 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 60th and Eritrea ranks 57th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 1 and Eritrea in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Algeria	Eritrea	Difference	Ahead
1970s	52.4 per 1,000 live births	45.77 per 1,000 live births	6.63 per 1,000 live births	Algeria
1980s	34.13 per 1,000 live births	40.23 per 1,000 live births	6.1 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1990s	23.6 per 1,000 live births	30.72 per 1,000 live births	7.12 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2000s	20.47 per 1,000 live births	24.12 per 1,000 live births	3.65 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2010s	16.15 per 1,000 live births	19.65 per 1,000 live births	3.5 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2020s	15.54 per 1,000 live births	16.62 per 1,000 live births	1.08 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Algeria or Eritrea?: Eritrea, at 15.6 per 1,000 live births against 15 per 1,000 live births in Algeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Algeria and Eritrea?: 0.6 per 1,000 live births, with Eritrea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Eritrea?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Eritrea rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Algeria ranks 60th and Eritrea ranks 57th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, neonatal (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, neonatal (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: 243 places, 11,715 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.