Number of under-five deaths in Middle income
Middle income: Number of under-five deaths was 3.19 million in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in Middle income, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Middle income recorded 3.19 million for number of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Middle income peaked at 10.44 million in 1990 and was at its lowest, 3.19 million, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.10 million | 7.84 million | 10.44 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.40 million | 5.36 million | 7.58 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.41 million | 3.72 million | 5.19 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.37 million | 3.19 million | 3.58 million | 5 |
More health data for Middle income
- Population, male 3.04 billion (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 66.1% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, old 13.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 1.97 billion (2025)
- Population, female 2.98 billion (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 51.0% (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 36.7% (2025)
- Population, female 49.5% (2025)
- Population, male 50.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 23.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths in Middle income?
- Number of under-five deaths in Middle income was 3.19 million 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 Middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 10.44 million in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.19 million in 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Middle income 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.