Number of under-five deaths in OECD members
OECD members: Number of under-five deaths was 93,187 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in OECD members, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
OECD members recorded 93,187 for number of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in OECD members peaked at 382,315 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 93,187, 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 | 304,090 | 234,846 | 382,315 | 10 |
| 2000s | 181,725 | 151,756 | 222,505 | 10 |
| 2010s | 125,995 | 108,617 | 145,661 | 10 |
| 2020s | 99,582 | 93,187 | 104,574 | 5 |
More health data for OECD members
- Population ages 15-64, female 63.3% (2025)
- Population, male 49.4% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 147.72 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 230.64 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 17.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 118.07 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 455.55 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 112.57 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female 15.9% (2025)
- Population, male 692.67 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths in OECD members?
- Number of under-five deaths in OECD members was 93,187 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 OECD members?
- The highest recorded value was 382,315 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in OECD members?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,187 in 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in OECD members?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this OECD members 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.