Algeria vs Nepal: Number of child deaths per woman

Algeria
0.0517 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Nepal
0.0477 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Algeria rank
77th
Nepal rank
79th

Number of child deaths per woman over time

  • Algeria
  • Nepal
00.511.52195019872024

How they compare

Algeria currently reports 0.0517 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0477 under-five deaths per woman in Nepal, a difference of 0.004 under-five deaths per woman.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Nepal ahead.

Algeria ranks 77th and Nepal ranks 79th of 200 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 3 and Nepal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Algeria Nepal Difference Ahead
1950s 1.78 under-five deaths per woman 2.03 under-five deaths per woman 0.2505 under-five deaths per woman Nepal
1960s 1.85 under-five deaths per woman 1.83 under-five deaths per woman 0.0224 under-five deaths per woman Algeria
1970s 1.55 under-five deaths per woman 1.39 under-five deaths per woman 0.1592 under-five deaths per woman Algeria
1980s 0.5765 under-five deaths per woman 0.9735 under-five deaths per woman 0.397 under-five deaths per woman Nepal
1990s 0.1742 under-five deaths per woman 0.5249 under-five deaths per woman 0.3507 under-five deaths per woman Nepal
2000s 0.0903 under-five deaths per woman 0.2068 under-five deaths per woman 0.1166 under-five deaths per woman Nepal
2010s 0.0755 under-five deaths per woman 0.0895 under-five deaths per woman 0.0141 under-five deaths per woman Nepal
2020s 0.0585 under-five deaths per woman 0.0537 under-five deaths per woman 0.0048 under-five deaths per woman Algeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Algeria or Nepal?
Algeria, at 0.0517 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0477 under-five deaths per woman in Nepal as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Algeria and Nepal?
0.004 under-five deaths per woman, with Algeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Nepal?
71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
How do Algeria and Nepal rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
Algeria ranks 77th and Nepal ranks 79th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of child deaths per woman
Unit
under-five deaths per woman
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 16,060 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).