Number of under-five deaths, female in Suriname
Suriname: Number of under-five deaths, female was 74 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, female in Suriname, 1988–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
In 2024, number of under-five deaths, female in Suriname stood at 74. That is the lowest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, female in Suriname peaked at 269 in 1988 and was at its lowest, 74, in 2024.
That places Suriname 155th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 37 years of available data.
Number of under-five deaths, female in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 269 | — |
| 1989 | 259 | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 247 | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 232 | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 217 | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 204 | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 192 | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 182 | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 175 | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 170 | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 166 | -2.4% |
| 1999 | 163 | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 160 | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 157 | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 151 | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 143 | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 135 | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 129 | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 125 | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 123 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 120 | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 117 | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 113 | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 110 | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 108 | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 106 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 103 | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 100 | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 97 | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 92 | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 88 | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 85 | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 83 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 81 | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 78 | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 76 | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 74 | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 264 | 259 | 269 | 2 |
| 1990s | 194.8 | 163 | 247 | 10 |
| 2000s | 136 | 117 | 160 | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.2 | 85 | 113 | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.4 | 74 | 83 | 5 |
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More education data for Suriname
- 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 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 5,068 (2021)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 66.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 25.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, female in Suriname?
- Number of under-five deaths, female in Suriname was 74 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 269 in 1988.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 74 in 2024.
- How does Suriname rank for number of under-five deaths, female?
- Suriname ranks 155th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, female rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of under-five deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female children dying before reaching age five.