Algeria vs Egypt: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Algeria
19.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Egypt
20.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Algeria rank
69th
Egypt rank
68th

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 20.7 per 1,000 live births against 19.7 per 1,000 live births in Algeria, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

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

Across all 65 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.

Algeria ranks 69th and Egypt ranks 68th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Egypt Difference Ahead
1960s 237.66 per 1,000 live births 290.89 per 1,000 live births 53.23 per 1,000 live births Egypt
1970s 206.06 per 1,000 live births 224.66 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births Egypt
1980s 87.88 per 1,000 live births 127.55 per 1,000 live births 39.67 per 1,000 live births Egypt
1990s 44.38 per 1,000 live births 66.29 per 1,000 live births 21.91 per 1,000 live births Egypt
2000s 32.42 per 1,000 live births 36.51 per 1,000 live births 4.09 per 1,000 live births Egypt
2010s 23.35 per 1,000 live births 25.43 per 1,000 live births 2.08 per 1,000 live births Egypt
2020s 20.3 per 1,000 live births 21.76 per 1,000 live births 1.46 per 1,000 live births Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Algeria or Egypt?
Egypt, at 20.7 per 1,000 live births against 19.7 per 1,000 live births in Algeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Algeria and Egypt?
1 per 1,000 live births, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Egypt?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Egypt rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Algeria ranks 69th and Egypt ranks 68th 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, under-5, female (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, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.