Which has higher number of child deaths, Morocco or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 10,037 deaths against 9,859 deaths in Morocco as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Morocco and Papua New Guinea?

178 deaths, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Papua New Guinea?

63 years are reported by both, from 1962 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.

Morocco vs Papua New Guinea: Number of child deaths

Morocco

9,859 deaths

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

10,037 deaths

in 2024

Morocco rank

57th

Papua New Guinea rank

55th

Number of child deaths over time

Morocco
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 10,037 deaths against 9,859 deaths in Morocco, a difference of 178 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 57th and Papua New Guinea ranks 55th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1960s	133,388 deaths	16,091 deaths	117,296 deaths	Morocco
1970s	117,212 deaths	13,924 deaths	103,287 deaths	Morocco
1980s	81,410 deaths	11,978 deaths	69,432 deaths	Morocco
1990s	46,661 deaths	12,393 deaths	34,268 deaths	Morocco
2000s	27,731 deaths	13,578 deaths	14,153 deaths	Morocco
2010s	16,625 deaths	12,806 deaths	3,820 deaths	Morocco
2020s	10,898 deaths	10,666 deaths	232.4 deaths	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Morocco or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 10,037 deaths against 9,859 deaths in Morocco as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Morocco and Papua New Guinea?: 178 deaths, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Papua New Guinea?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
How do Morocco and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of child deaths?: Morocco ranks 57th and Papua New Guinea ranks 55th 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 .