Number of under-five deaths, male in Low income
Low income: Number of under-five deaths, male was 784,210 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, male in Low income, 1990–2024
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, male in Low income stood at 784,210.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Low income peaked at 1.13 million in 1998 and was at its lowest, 781,002, in 2020.
Low income ranks 14th of 41 groups 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 under-five deaths, male in Low income, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 993,562 | — |
| 1991 | 1.04 million | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 1.05 million | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1.06 million | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 1.05 million | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1.04 million | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1.09 million | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 1.09 million | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 1.13 million | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 1.06 million | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 1.05 million | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 1.05 million | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1.00 million | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 971,618 | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 960,031 | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 904,519 | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 879,506 | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 863,289 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 847,736 | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 876,005 | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 833,654 | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 881,462 | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 814,568 | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 797,724 | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 816,915 | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 817,932 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 818,335 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 832,621 | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 790,060 | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 794,682 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 781,002 | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 789,389 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 837,608 | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 788,702 | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 784,210 | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.06 million | 993,562 | 1.13 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 940,032 | 847,736 | 1.05 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 819,795 | 790,060 | 881,462 | 10 |
| 2020s | 796,182 | 781,002 | 837,608 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More education data for Low income
- Population ages 15-64 55.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 40.9% (2025)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 2.88 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2.88 million (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0039 units per person (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 94.5% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 100.6% (2024)
- Labor force, total 267.17 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, male in Low income?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Low income was 784,210 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, male recorded in Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million in 1998.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 781,002 in 2020.
- How does Low income rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Low income ranks 14th out of 41 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Low income 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, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.