Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Ireland
Ireland: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 17 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Ireland, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Ireland recorded 17 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Ireland peaked at 63 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 17, in 2023.
That places Ireland 155th out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Ireland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 63 | — |
| 1991 | 59 | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 55 | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 51 | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 48 | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 46 | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 43 | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 41 | -4.7% |
| 1998 | 39 | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 37 | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 36 | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 34 | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 33 | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 32 | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 31 | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 29 | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 29 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 27 | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 26 | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 24 | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 23 | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 22 | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 21 | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 20 | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 19 | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 18 | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 17 | -5.6% |
| 2024 | 17 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.2 | 37 | 63 | 10 |
| 2000s | 31.4 | 29 | 36 | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.5 | 21 | 27 | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.2 | 17 | 20 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
More education data for Ireland
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.9368 % change on previous year (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 35,618 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 6,544 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 134,541 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 0.1981 % change on previous year (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 112,690 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -2.26 % change on previous year (2022)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Ireland?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Ireland was 17 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 63 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 17 in 2023.
- How does Ireland rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Ireland ranks 155th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ireland 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