Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Malaysia
Malaysia: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 480 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia stood at 480. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.2% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Malaysia peaked at 1,086 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 480, in 2024.
Malaysia ranks 70th 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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,086 | — |
| 1991 | 1,059 | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 1,024 | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 989 | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 953 | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 923 | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 898 | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 879 | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 863 | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 850 | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 834 | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 817 | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 798 | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 780 | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 761 | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 739 | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 719 | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 701 | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 684 | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 669 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 655 | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 646 | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 640 | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 634 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 627 | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 619 | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 608 | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 593 | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 573 | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 551 | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 529 | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 511 | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 499 | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 491 | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 480 | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 952.4 | 850 | 1,086 | 10 |
| 2000s | 750.2 | 669 | 834 | 10 |
| 2010s | 614.6 | 551 | 655 | 10 |
| 2020s | 502 | 480 | 529 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 67 Mauritania 595 compare
- 68 Congo 502 compare
- 69 Kazakhstan 497 compare
- 71 Ecuador 444 compare
- 72 Saudi Arabia 434 compare
- 73 Bolivia 433 compare
More education data for Malaysia
- 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 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 273,792 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 70.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Malaysia?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Malaysia was 480 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,086 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 480 in 2024.
- How does Malaysia rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Malaysia ranks 70th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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