What is number of under-five deaths in Tanzania?

Number of under-five deaths in Tanzania was 86,317 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 Tanzania?

The highest recorded value was 189,120 in 1996.

What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Tanzania?

The lowest recorded value was 86,317 in 2024.

How does Tanzania rank for number of under-five deaths?

Tanzania ranks 9th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Tanzania?

Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Tanzania 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.

Number of under-five deaths in Tanzania

Name: Number of under-five deaths in Tanzania
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Tanzania: Number of under-five deaths was 86,317 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

86,317

Change on year

down 2.2%

World rank

9th

of 195 countries

All-time high

189,120

in 1996

All-time low

86,317

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

Number of under-five deaths in Tanzania, 1960–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of under-five deaths in Tanzania is 86,317, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Tanzania peaked at 189,120 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 86,317, in 2024.

Tanzania ranks 9th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	121,698	109,152	133,688	10
1970s	147,203	136,486	156,213	10
1980s	172,383	158,864	181,286	10
1990s	184,794	180,833	189,120	10
2000s	146,210	119,937	174,635	10
2010s	104,485	96,550	115,321	10
2020s	90,298	86,317	94,618	5

Countries ranked near Tanzania

6 Niger 118,445 compare
7 Bangladesh 105,414 compare
8 Sudan 101,879 compare
10 Uganda 82,589 compare
11 Indonesia 79,142 compare
12 Chad 78,958 compare

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More health data for Tanzania

Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 986,433 (2025)
Population, male 49.6% (2025)
Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 19.49 million (2025)
Population ages 0-14, total 29.87 million (2025)
Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 1.04 million (2025)
Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 996,036 (2025)
Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 1.02 million (2025)
Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 966,597 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 902,512 (2025)

All data for Tanzania →

Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths in Tanzania?: Number of under-five deaths in Tanzania was 86,317 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 Tanzania?: The highest recorded value was 189,120 in 1996.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Tanzania?: The lowest recorded value was 86,317 in 2024.
How does Tanzania rank for number of under-five deaths?: Tanzania ranks 9th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Tanzania?: Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Tanzania 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
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.