Which has higher number of child deaths, Dominica or Maldives?

Maldives, at 31 deaths against 26 deaths in Dominica as of 2024.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Maldives?

58 years are reported by both, from 1967 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.

Dominica vs Maldives: Number of child deaths

Dominica

26 deaths

in 2024

Maldives

31 deaths

in 2024

Dominica rank

175th

Maldives rank

173rd

Number of child deaths over time

Dominica
Maldives

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 31 deaths against 26 deaths in Dominica, a difference of 5 deaths.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Dominica's.

Across all 58 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.

Dominica ranks 175th and Maldives ranks 173rd of 199 countries.

Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominica	Maldives	Difference	Ahead
1960s	154 deaths	1,491 deaths	1,337 deaths	Maldives
1970s	76.7 deaths	1,296 deaths	1,219 deaths	Maldives
1980s	37.8 deaths	985.7 deaths	947.9 deaths	Maldives
1990s	29.9 deaths	534.2 deaths	504.3 deaths	Maldives
2000s	23.7 deaths	144.7 deaths	121 deaths	Maldives
2010s	26 deaths	74.6 deaths	48.6 deaths	Maldives
2020s	26 deaths	36.4 deaths	10.4 deaths	Maldives

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Dominica or Maldives?: Maldives, at 31 deaths against 26 deaths in Dominica as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Dominica and Maldives?: 5 deaths, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Maldives?: 58 years are reported by both, from 1967 to 2024.
How do Dominica and Maldives rank globally for number of child deaths?: Dominica ranks 175th and Maldives ranks 173rd 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 .