Number of under-five deaths in Eswatini
Eswatini: Number of under-five deaths was 1,323 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in Eswatini, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, number of under-five deaths in Eswatini stood at 1,323. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Eswatini peaked at 4,037 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,323, in 2024.
That places Eswatini 104th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,345 | 3,272 | 3,442 | 10 |
| 1970s | 3,436 | 3,292 | 3,502 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,814 | 2,318 | 3,297 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,809 | 2,289 | 3,552 | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,737 | 3,229 | 4,037 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,960 | 1,553 | 2,835 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,413 | 1,323 | 1,527 | 5 |
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More health data for Eswatini
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 13,814 (2025)
- Population, male 49.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 13,835 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 400,169 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 414,486 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 14,062 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 13,811 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 13,989 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 13,666 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 13,604 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths in Eswatini?
- Number of under-five deaths in Eswatini was 1,323 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 4,037 in 2004.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,323 in 2024.
- How does Eswatini rank for number of under-five deaths?
- Eswatini ranks 104th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.