Number of under-five deaths, male in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Number of under-five deaths, male was 85 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, male in Vanuatu, 1960–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 85 for number of under-five deaths, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Vanuatu peaked at 223 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 85, in 2024.
Vanuatu ranks 156th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 216.9 | 207 | 223 | 10 |
| 1970s | 188.6 | 171 | 203 | 10 |
| 1980s | 138.6 | 113 | 166 | 10 |
| 1990s | 96.9 | 87 | 109 | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.9 | 86 | 88 | 10 |
| 2010s | 87.4 | 86 | 89 | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.6 | 85 | 89 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More education data for Vanuatu
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 38.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 112.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 1,892 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 110.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 114.3% (2024)
- Labor force, total 120,833 (2025)
- Labor force, female 46.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, male in Vanuatu?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Vanuatu was 85 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 223 in 1961.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 85 in 2024.
- How does Vanuatu rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Vanuatu ranks 156th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of under-five deaths, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.