Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Sweden
Sweden: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 39 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Sweden, 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 Sweden stood at 39. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Sweden peaked at 70 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 39, in 2012.
Sweden ranks 131st 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 68 | — |
| 1991 | 67 | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 66 | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 66 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 68 | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 68 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 70 | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 69 | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 68 | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 65 | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 60 | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 56 | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 52 | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 48 | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 45 | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 43 | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 41 | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 40 | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 39 | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 39 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 39 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68 | 66 | 70 | 10 |
| 2000s | 49 | 40 | 65 | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.2 | 39 | 40 | 10 |
| 2020s | 39 | 39 | 39 | 5 |
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More education data for Sweden
- 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 2,023 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 71,551 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 62.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 16.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Sweden?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Sweden was 39 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 70 in 1996.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 39 in 2012.
- How does Sweden rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Sweden ranks 131st out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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