Morocco vs Suriname: Child mortality rate

Morocco
1.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Suriname
1.58 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Morocco rank
95th
Suriname rank
94th

Child mortality rate over time

  • Morocco
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Suriname currently reports 1.58 deaths per 100 live births against 1.57 deaths per 100 live births in Morocco, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 95th and Suriname ranks 94th of 200 countries.

Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Morocco Suriname Difference Ahead
1980s 10.18 deaths per 100 live births 5.39 deaths per 100 live births 4.79 deaths per 100 live births Morocco
1990s 6.71 deaths per 100 live births 3.83 deaths per 100 live births 2.89 deaths per 100 live births Morocco
2000s 4.25 deaths per 100 live births 2.71 deaths per 100 live births 1.54 deaths per 100 live births Morocco
2010s 2.43 deaths per 100 live births 2.08 deaths per 100 live births 0.346 deaths per 100 live births Morocco
2020s 1.7 deaths per 100 live births 1.68 deaths per 100 live births 0.014 deaths per 100 live births Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Morocco or Suriname?
Suriname, at 1.58 deaths per 100 live births against 1.57 deaths per 100 live births in Morocco as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Morocco and Suriname?
0.01 deaths per 100 live births, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Suriname?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Morocco and Suriname rank globally for child mortality rate?
Morocco ranks 95th and Suriname ranks 94th 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 Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
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, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.