Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Zambia
Zambia: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 3,406 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Zambia, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Zambia recorded 3,406 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Zambia peaked at 4,546 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 3,406, in 2024.
Zambia ranks 32nd of 196 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,197 | — |
| 1991 | 4,290 | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 4,374 | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 4,438 | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 4,489 | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 4,522 | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 4,541 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 4,546 | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 4,531 | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 4,506 | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 4,474 | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 4,426 | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 4,371 | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 4,300 | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 4,222 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 4,137 | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 4,049 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 3,964 | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 3,888 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 3,824 | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 3,766 | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 3,725 | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 3,685 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 3,647 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 3,605 | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 3,564 | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 3,524 | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,495 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 3,470 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 3,454 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 3,449 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,454 | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3,444 | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,425 | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,406 | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,443 | 4,197 | 4,546 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,166 | 3,824 | 4,474 | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,594 | 3,454 | 3,766 | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,436 | 3,406 | 3,454 | 5 |
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More education data for Zambia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.65 % change on previous year (2012)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 69,123 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 47,736 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 24,494 (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 59.03 % change on previous year (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 32,186 (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -20.25 % change on previous year (2012)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Zambia?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Zambia was 3,406 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,546 in 1997.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,406 in 2024.
- How does Zambia rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Zambia ranks 32nd out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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