Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria
Nigeria: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 86,235 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 86,235 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria peaked at 87,044 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 71,487, in 1990.
Nigeria ranks 1st of 196 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 71,487 | — |
| 1991 | 71,691 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 71,835 | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 71,772 | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 71,757 | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 71,795 | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 71,851 | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 71,826 | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 71,829 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 71,776 | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 71,683 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 71,685 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 71,784 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 71,760 | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 71,858 | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 72,194 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 72,715 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 73,251 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 73,904 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 74,664 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 75,229 | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 75,744 | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 76,429 | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 77,296 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 78,276 | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 79,407 | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 80,726 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 82,014 | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 83,360 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 84,607 | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 85,710 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 86,560 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 87,044 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 86,969 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 86,235 | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 71,762 | 71,487 | 71,851 | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,550 | 71,683 | 74,664 | 10 |
| 2010s | 79,309 | 75,229 | 84,607 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86,504 | 85,710 | 87,044 | 5 |
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More education data for Nigeria
- 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 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 913,305 (2021)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 1 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 5 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria was 86,235 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 87,044 in 2022.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,487 in 1990.
- How does Nigeria rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Nigeria ranks 1st out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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