Bosnia and Herzegovina: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina's number of deaths ages 5-9 years rose 50% on 2023 (from 14 to 21).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −3.8% and a typical year strayed about 41.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,164.9% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 94% in 1994. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 10% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina had the 148th highest value of the 196 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2024 ranking

• Albania — 145th of 196: 24
• New Zealand — 146th of 196: 24
• Suriname — 147th of 196: 22
• Guyana — 149th of 196: 21
• Kosovo — 150th of 196: 20
• Bahrain — 151st of 196: 19

What this measures

Number of deaths of children ages 5-9 years

Limitations: Complete vital registration systems are fairly uncommon in developing countries. Thus estimates must be obtained from sample surveys or derived by applying indirect estimation techniques to registration, census, or survey data. Survey data are subject to recall error, and surveys estimating infant/child deaths require large samples because households in which a birth has occurred during a given year cannot ordinarily be preselected for sampling. Indirect estimates rely on model life tables that may be inappropriate for the population concerned. Extrapolations based on outdated surveys may not be reliable for monitoring changes in health status or for comparative analytical work.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 35 values

Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in nearby economies

• Albania — 24 (2024)
• Andorra — 0 (2024)
• Armenia — 37 (2024)
• Austria — 30 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 233 (2024)
• Belarus — 47 (2024)
• Belgium — 41 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 44 (2024)
• Croatia — 37 (2024)
• Cyprus — 7 (2024)
• Czechia — 48 (2024)
• Denmark

More health data for Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 3.63% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.26% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 194,771 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 11.84% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 208,686 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 13.96% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 403,456 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 12.85% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

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Questions people ask

What is Bosnia and Herzegovina's number of deaths ages 5-9 years?

21 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 79.81% from 104 in 1990 (4.6% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,227 in 1992 and the lowest 14 in 2021.

How does Bosnia and Herzegovina rank?

148th highest of 196 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in number of deaths ages 5-9 years unusual for Bosnia and Herzegovina?

In 2024, Bosnia and Herzegovina's number of deaths ages 5-9 years rose 50% on 2023 (from 14 to 21). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −3.8% and a typical year strayed about 41.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.0509, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: www.childmortality.org; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation; World Bank (WB), uri: www.childmortality.org, note: UN Inter-agenc… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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