Which has higher number of child deaths, Benin or Malawi?

Benin, at 35,304 deaths against 32,177 deaths in Malawi as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Benin and Malawi?

3,127 deaths, with Benin ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Malawi?

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 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.

Benin vs Malawi: Number of child deaths

Benin

35,304 deaths

in 2024

Malawi

32,177 deaths

in 2024

Benin rank

30th

Malawi rank

33rd

Number of child deaths over time

Benin
Malawi

How they compare

Benin currently reports 35,304 deaths against 32,177 deaths in Malawi, a difference of 3,127 deaths.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Malawi ahead.

Benin ranks 30th and Malawi ranks 33rd of 199 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 2 and Malawi in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
1960s	35,527 deaths	77,564 deaths	42,037 deaths	Malawi
1970s	36,306 deaths	79,895 deaths	43,590 deaths	Malawi
1980s	38,648 deaths	89,405 deaths	50,756 deaths	Malawi
1990s	39,598 deaths	98,868 deaths	59,270 deaths	Malawi
2000s	39,548 deaths	67,467 deaths	27,919 deaths	Malawi
2010s	40,372 deaths	36,940 deaths	3,433 deaths	Benin
2020s	36,855 deaths	31,871 deaths	4,984 deaths	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Benin or Malawi?: Benin, at 35,304 deaths against 32,177 deaths in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Benin and Malawi?: 3,127 deaths, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Malawi?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Benin and Malawi rank globally for number of child deaths?: Benin ranks 30th and Malawi ranks 33rd 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.

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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 .