Which has higher number of child deaths, Brazil or South Africa?

South Africa, at 41,435 deaths against 36,892 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Brazil and South Africa?

4,543 deaths, with South Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South Africa?

44 years are reported by both, from 1981 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.

Brazil vs South Africa: Number of child deaths

Brazil

36,892 deaths

in 2024

South Africa

41,435 deaths

in 2024

Brazil rank

29th

South Africa rank

28th

Number of child deaths over time

Brazil
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 41,435 deaths against 36,892 deaths in Brazil, a difference of 4,543 deaths.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 29th and South Africa ranks 28th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1980s	300,909 deaths	82,973 deaths	217,936 deaths	Brazil
1990s	178,534 deaths	67,880 deaths	110,654 deaths	Brazil
2000s	84,806 deaths	78,650 deaths	6,157 deaths	Brazil
2010s	48,372 deaths	46,927 deaths	1,445 deaths	Brazil
2020s	38,985 deaths	40,541 deaths	1,557 deaths	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Brazil or South Africa?: South Africa, at 41,435 deaths against 36,892 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Brazil and South Africa?: 4,543 deaths, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and South Africa?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Brazil and South Africa rank globally for number of child deaths?: Brazil ranks 29th and South Africa ranks 28th 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 .