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

Benin, at 35,304 deaths against 32,949 deaths in Zambia as of 2024.

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

2,355 deaths, with Benin ahead.

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

68 years are reported by both, from 1957 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 Zambia: Number of child deaths

Benin

35,304 deaths

in 2024

Zambia

32,949 deaths

in 2024

Benin rank

30th

Zambia rank

32nd

Number of child deaths over time

Benin
Zambia

How they compare

Benin currently reports 35,304 deaths against 32,949 deaths in Zambia, a difference of 2,355 deaths.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 68 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 30th and Zambia ranks 32nd of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Benin	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	32,518 deaths	28,973 deaths	3,546 deaths	Benin
1960s	34,796 deaths	32,164 deaths	2,632 deaths	Benin
1970s	36,306 deaths	37,112 deaths	806.8 deaths	Zambia
1980s	38,648 deaths	50,002 deaths	11,354 deaths	Zambia
1990s	39,598 deaths	66,534 deaths	26,936 deaths	Zambia
2000s	39,548 deaths	52,961 deaths	13,413 deaths	Zambia
2010s	40,372 deaths	37,081 deaths	3,292 deaths	Benin
2020s	36,855 deaths	33,002 deaths	3,854 deaths	Benin

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Benin or Zambia?: Benin, at 35,304 deaths against 32,949 deaths in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Benin and Zambia?: 2,355 deaths, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Zambia?: 68 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2024.
How do Benin and Zambia rank globally for number of child deaths?: Benin ranks 30th and Zambia ranks 32nd 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 .