Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Eswatini
Eswatini: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 101 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Eswatini, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Eswatini stood at 101. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Eswatini peaked at 274 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 101, in 2024.
Eswatini ranks 116th of 196 countries on this measure, 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 255 | — |
| 1991 | 262 | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 267 | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 272 | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 273 | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 273 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 274 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 273 | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 273 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 269 | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 263 | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 255 | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 246 | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 238 | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 232 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 227 | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 222 | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 215 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 208 | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 200 | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 192 | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 184 | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 177 | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 170 | -4.0% |
| 2014 | 162 | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 154 | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 146 | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 137 | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 130 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 124 | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 119 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 114 | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 108 | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 104 | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 101 | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 269.1 | 255 | 274 | 10 |
| 2000s | 230.6 | 200 | 263 | 10 |
| 2010s | 157.6 | 124 | 192 | 10 |
| 2020s | 109.2 | 101 | 119 | 5 |
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More education data for Eswatini
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0994 % change on previous year (2015)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,880 (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 62.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 33.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Eswatini?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Eswatini was 101 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 274 in 1996.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 101 in 2024.
- How does Eswatini rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Eswatini ranks 116th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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