Which has higher number of child deaths, Algeria or Burundi?

Burundi, at 21,573 deaths against 19,422 deaths in Algeria as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Algeria and Burundi?

2,151 deaths, with Burundi ahead.

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

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Algeria vs Burundi: Number of child deaths

Algeria

19,422 deaths

in 2024

Burundi

21,573 deaths

in 2024

Algeria rank

44th

Burundi rank

42nd

Number of child deaths over time

Algeria
Burundi

How they compare

Burundi currently reports 21,573 deaths against 19,422 deaths in Algeria, a difference of 2,151 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Algeria ahead.

Algeria ranks 44th and Burundi ranks 42nd of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 2 and Burundi in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Algeria	Burundi	Difference	Ahead
1970s	139,637 deaths	43,962 deaths	95,675 deaths	Algeria
1980s	73,065 deaths	42,699 deaths	30,366 deaths	Algeria
1990s	34,298 deaths	44,014 deaths	9,716 deaths	Burundi
2000s	23,436 deaths	39,229 deaths	15,793 deaths	Burundi
2010s	24,618 deaths	30,977 deaths	6,360 deaths	Burundi
2020s	21,154 deaths	22,817 deaths	1,663 deaths	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Algeria or Burundi?: Burundi, at 21,573 deaths against 19,422 deaths in Algeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Algeria and Burundi?: 2,151 deaths, with Burundi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Burundi?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Burundi rank globally for number of child deaths?: Algeria ranks 44th and Burundi ranks 42nd 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 Number of child deaths. 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 Burundi: Number of child deaths. Statizoid, drawing on United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-child-deaths-igme/algeria/burundi/

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/number-of-child-deaths-igme/algeria/burundi/">Algeria vs Burundi: Number of child deaths</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Number of child deaths
Unit: deaths
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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .