Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Cambodia or Morocco?

Morocco, at 10,726 deaths against 8,324 deaths in Cambodia as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Cambodia and Morocco?

2,402 deaths, with Morocco ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Morocco?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cambodia vs Morocco: Number of children who die before age 5

Cambodia

8,324 deaths

in 2023

Morocco

10,726 deaths

in 2023

Cambodia rank

59th

Morocco rank

56th

Number of children who die before age 5 over time

Cambodia
Morocco

How they compare

Morocco currently reports 10,726 deaths against 8,324 deaths in Cambodia, a difference of 2,402 deaths.

That makes Morocco's figure about 1.3 times Cambodia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Morocco ahead.

Cambodia ranks 59th and Morocco ranks 56th of 236 countries.

Morocco has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cambodia	Morocco	Difference	Ahead
1950s	52,046 deaths	131,120 deaths	79,074 deaths	Morocco
1960s	50,520 deaths	136,155 deaths	85,635 deaths	Morocco
1970s	55,844 deaths	117,704 deaths	61,860 deaths	Morocco
1980s	38,218 deaths	81,833 deaths	43,615 deaths	Morocco
1990s	43,330 deaths	46,387 deaths	3,057 deaths	Morocco
2000s	25,355 deaths	27,718 deaths	2,363 deaths	Morocco
2010s	12,550 deaths	16,754 deaths	4,204 deaths	Morocco
2020s	8,954 deaths	11,365 deaths	2,411 deaths	Morocco

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of children who die before age 5, Cambodia or Morocco?: Morocco, at 10,726 deaths against 8,324 deaths in Cambodia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of children who die before age 5 between Cambodia and Morocco?: 2,402 deaths, with Morocco ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Morocco?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Cambodia and Morocco rank globally for number of children who die before age 5?: Cambodia ranks 59th and Morocco ranks 56th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of children who die before age 5. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of children who die before age 5
Unit: deaths
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of deaths in a calendar year. This only includes people aged 0-4.