Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Belgium
Belgium: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 41 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Belgium, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Belgium recorded 41 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Belgium peaked at 123 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 41, in 2024.
That places Belgium 128th out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 123 | — |
| 1991 | 117 | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 112 | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 108 | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 105 | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 102 | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 100 | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 97 | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 94 | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 90 | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 85 | -5.6% |
| 2001 | 80 | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 77 | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 73 | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 70 | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 67 | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 65 | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 63 | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 61 | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 59 | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 59 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 57 | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 57 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 57 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 55 | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 55 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 55 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 53 | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 51 | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 50 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 48 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 46 | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 45 | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 43 | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 41 | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 104.8 | 90 | 123 | 10 |
| 2000s | 70 | 59 | 85 | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.9 | 50 | 59 | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.6 | 41 | 48 | 5 |
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More education data for Belgium
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Belgium?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Belgium was 41 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 123 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 41 in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Belgium ranks 128th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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 deaths ages 5-9 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of children ages 5-9 years