Which has higher number of child deaths, Morocco or Syrian Arab Republic?

Syrian Arab Republic, at 9,991 deaths against 9,859 deaths in Morocco as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Morocco and Syrian Arab Republic?

132 deaths, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Syrian Arab Republic?

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 Syrian Arab Republic: Number of child deaths

Morocco

9,859 deaths

in 2024

Syrian Arab Republic

9,991 deaths

in 2024

Morocco rank

57th

Syrian Arab Republic rank

56th

Number of child deaths over time

Morocco
Syrian Arab Republic

How they compare

Syrian Arab Republic currently reports 9,991 deaths against 9,859 deaths in Morocco, a difference of 132 deaths.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1962 it was Morocco ahead.

Morocco ranks 57th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 56th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Syrian Arab Republic	Difference	Ahead
1960s	133,388 deaths	32,480 deaths	100,908 deaths	Morocco
1970s	117,212 deaths	26,638 deaths	90,574 deaths	Morocco
1980s	81,410 deaths	20,948 deaths	60,462 deaths	Morocco
1990s	46,661 deaths	14,565 deaths	32,096 deaths	Morocco
2000s	27,731 deaths	11,232 deaths	16,499 deaths	Morocco
2010s	16,625 deaths	15,826 deaths	799.1 deaths	Morocco
2020s	10,898 deaths	9,510 deaths	1,388 deaths	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Morocco or Syrian Arab Republic?: Syrian Arab Republic, at 9,991 deaths against 9,859 deaths in Morocco as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Morocco and Syrian Arab Republic?: 132 deaths, with Syrian Arab Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Syrian Arab Republic?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1962 to 2024.
How do Morocco and Syrian Arab Republic rank globally for number of child deaths?: Morocco ranks 57th and Syrian Arab Republic ranks 56th 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 .