Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria

Nigeria: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 86,235 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
86,235
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
1st
of 196 countries
All-time high
87,044
in 2022
All-time low
71,487
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria, 1990–2024

020.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k1990200720241990: 71.5k1991: 71.7k1992: 71.8k1993: 71.8k1994: 71.8k1995: 71.8k1996: 71.9k1997: 71.8k1998: 71.8k1999: 71.8k2000: 71.7k2001: 71.7k2002: 71.8k2003: 71.8k2004: 71.9k2005: 72.2k2006: 72.7k2007: 73.3k2008: 73.9k2009: 74.7k2010: 75.2k2011: 75.7k2012: 76.4k2013: 77.3k2014: 78.3k2015: 79.4k2016: 80.7k2017: 82.0k2018: 83.4k2019: 84.6k2020: 85.7k2021: 86.6k2022: 87.0k2023: 87.0k2024: 86.2k

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

Annual values for Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Nigeria, 1990 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 2 India 45,212 compare
  2. 3 Democratic Republic of Congo 33,158 compare
  3. 4 Pakistan 18,291 compare

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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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Indicator
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 8,505 data points, 1990–2024
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