Algeria vs Samoa: Number of child deaths per woman
Algeria
0.0517 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Samoa
0.0535 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Algeria rank
77th
Samoa rank
75th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Algeria
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0517 under-five deaths per woman in Algeria, a difference of 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Algeria ahead.
Algeria ranks 77th and Samoa ranks 75th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Algeria averaged higher in 6 and Samoa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.78 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9405 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8383 under-five deaths per woman | Algeria |
| 1960s | 1.85 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7047 under-five deaths per woman | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | Algeria |
| 1970s | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3964 under-five deaths per woman | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | Algeria |
| 1980s | 0.5765 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1988 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3777 under-five deaths per woman | Algeria |
| 1990s | 0.1742 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1226 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0516 under-five deaths per woman | Algeria |
| 2000s | 0.0903 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0892 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0011 under-five deaths per woman | Algeria |
| 2010s | 0.0755 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0813 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0059 under-five deaths per woman | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.0585 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0596 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0011 under-five deaths per woman | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Algeria or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0517 under-five deaths per woman in Algeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Algeria and Samoa?
- 0.0018 under-five deaths per woman, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Samoa?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Samoa rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Algeria ranks 77th and Samoa ranks 75th 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.
Individual pages
About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).