Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Uganda
Uganda: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 9,740 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Uganda, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Uganda is 9,740, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Uganda peaked at 11,815 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 9,740, in 2024.
Uganda ranks 11th of 196 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Uganda, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 10,336 | — |
| 1991 | 10,504 | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 10,700 | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 10,905 | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 11,111 | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 11,279 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 11,417 | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 11,526 | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 11,610 | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 11,700 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 11,777 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 11,811 | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 11,815 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 11,792 | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 11,739 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 11,675 | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 11,612 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 11,589 | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,550 | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 11,514 | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 11,466 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 11,405 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 11,324 | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 11,216 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 11,123 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 11,011 | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 10,896 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 10,766 | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 10,630 | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 10,478 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 10,310 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 10,147 | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 9,992 | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 9,859 | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 9,740 | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,109 | 10,336 | 11,700 | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,687 | 11,514 | 11,815 | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,032 | 10,478 | 11,466 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,010 | 9,740 | 10,310 | 5 |
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More education data for Uganda
- 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 207,238 (2017)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 54.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 43.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Uganda?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Uganda was 9,740 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 11,815 in 2002.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,740 in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Uganda ranks 11th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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