Which has higher number of child deaths, Equatorial Guinea or Malaysia?

Equatorial Guinea, at 3,727 deaths against 3,638 deaths in Malaysia as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Equatorial Guinea and Malaysia?

89 deaths, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Malaysia?

38 years are reported by both, from 1987 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.

Equatorial Guinea vs Malaysia: Number of child deaths

Equatorial Guinea

3,727 deaths

in 2024

Malaysia

3,638 deaths

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea rank

76th

Malaysia rank

77th

Number of child deaths over time

Equatorial Guinea
Malaysia

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 3,727 deaths against 3,638 deaths in Malaysia, a difference of 89 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1987 it was Malaysia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 76th and Malaysia ranks 77th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Malaysia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	3,406 deaths	8,435 deaths	5,029 deaths	Malaysia
1990s	3,986 deaths	6,918 deaths	2,933 deaths	Malaysia
2000s	4,514 deaths	4,208 deaths	306.1 deaths	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	4,476 deaths	4,044 deaths	431.9 deaths	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	3,895 deaths	3,662 deaths	233.4 deaths	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Equatorial Guinea or Malaysia?: Equatorial Guinea, at 3,727 deaths against 3,638 deaths in Malaysia as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Equatorial Guinea and Malaysia?: 89 deaths, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Malaysia?: 38 years are reported by both, from 1987 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Malaysia rank globally for number of child deaths?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 76th and Malaysia ranks 77th 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 .