Number of under-five deaths in Post-demographic dividend

Post-demographic dividend: Number of under-five deaths was 47,526 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
47,526
Change on year
down 1.4%
All-time high
138,606
in 1990
All-time low
47,526
in 2024
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Number of under-five deaths in Post-demographic dividend, 1990–2024

40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k120.0k140.0k1990200720241990: 138.6k1991: 133.2k1992: 129.5k1993: 121.9k1994: 111.3k1995: 105.0k1996: 99.1k1997: 94.5k1998: 90.5k1999: 86.9k2000: 84.3k2001: 81.6k2002: 78.8k2003: 77.0k2004: 75.7k2005: 74.1k2006: 73.2k2007: 72.7k2008: 71.7k2009: 69.9k2010: 67.4k2011: 65.1k2012: 63.2k2013: 61.5k2014: 59.9k2015: 58.7k2016: 57.4k2017: 55.7k2018: 53.8k2019: 52.3k2020: 50.7k2021: 49.8k2022: 49.4k2023: 48.2k2024: 47.5k

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

Analysis

Post-demographic dividend recorded 47,526 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 1.4% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 138,606 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 47,526, in 2024.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 111,056 86,943 138,606 10
2000s 75,907 69,881 84,284 10
2010s 59,502 52,289 67,380 10
2020s 49,125 47,526 50,718 5

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths in Post-demographic dividend?
Number of under-five deaths in Post-demographic dividend was 47,526 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 Post-demographic dividend?
The highest recorded value was 138,606 in 1990.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
The lowest recorded value was 47,526 in 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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

Indicator
Number of under-five deaths
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
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Number of children dying before reaching age five.