What is number of under-five deaths in Algeria?

Number of under-five deaths in Algeria was 19,422 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Algeria?

The highest recorded value was 147,945 in 1970.

What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Algeria?

The lowest recorded value was 19,422 in 2024.

How does Algeria rank for number of under-five deaths?

Algeria ranks 44th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Algeria?

Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Algeria data come from?

The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Number of under-five deaths in Algeria

Name: Number of under-five deaths in Algeria
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Algeria: Number of under-five deaths was 19,422 in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

19,422

Change on year

down 4.2%

World rank

44th

of 195 countries

All-time high

147,945

in 1970

All-time low

19,422

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

Number of under-five deaths in Algeria, 1960–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

In 2024, number of under-five deaths in Algeria stood at 19,422. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Algeria peaked at 147,945 in 1970 and was at its lowest, 19,422, in 2024.

Algeria ranks 44th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	138,600	128,388	147,183	10
1970s	139,637	125,237	147,945	10
1980s	73,065	41,466	118,316	10
1990s	34,298	25,870	39,715	10
2000s	23,436	22,625	25,012	10
2010s	24,618	23,654	25,290	10
2020s	21,154	19,422	22,923	5

Countries ranked near Algeria

41 Sierra Leone 23,171 compare
42 Burundi 21,573 compare
43 Central African Republic 20,555 compare
45 Senegal 19,308 compare
46 Togo 16,109 compare
47 Rwanda 14,910 compare

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More health data for Algeria

Population ages 15-64, male 15.38 million (2025)
Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 395,503 (2025)
Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 378,218 (2025)
Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 415,377 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 62.9% (2025)
Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 397,265 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 412,848 (2025)
Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 431,334 (2025)
Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 356,555 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 63.6% (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths in Algeria?: Number of under-five deaths in Algeria was 19,422 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Algeria?: The highest recorded value was 147,945 in 1970.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Algeria?: The lowest recorded value was 19,422 in 2024.
How does Algeria rank for number of under-five deaths?: Algeria ranks 44th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Algeria?: Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Algeria data come from?: The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
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, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.