Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Piauí
Piauí: Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old was 16.3 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Piauí, 2007–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Piauí recorded 16.3 for childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Piauí peaked at 28.2 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1.76, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Piauí, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 28.2 | — |
| 2008 | 1.76 | -93.8% |
| 2009 | 25.2 | +1330.9% |
| 2010 | 23.7 | -6.0% |
| 2011 | 23.6 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 22.3 | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 20.9 | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 20.6 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 19.4 | -5.8% |
| 2016 | 22.3 | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 21.1 | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 20.6 | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 20 | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 18.5 | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 17.8 | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 18.6 | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 17.1 | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 16.3 | -4.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Piauí changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +1330.9% | 1.76 | 25.2 |
| 2008 | -93.8% | 28.2 | 1.76 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 18.39 | 1.76 | 28.2 | 3 |
| 2010s | 21.45 | 19.4 | 23.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.66 | 16.3 | 18.6 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Piauí
More health data for Piauí
- Overweight: % of children aged 5 to 9 years who are overweight for 10.4 (2025)
- Overweight: % of children aged 0 to 5 years with high weight for 6.71 (2025)
- Overweight: overweight adolescents aged 10 to 19 17.21 (2025)
- % of Polio immunization coverage 94.86 (2024)
- Suicide rate of children and adolescents aged 10 to 19 years 3.21 (2024)
- % of Triple bacterial DTP immunization coverage 95.77 (2024)
- Taxa de mortalidade infantil 14.4 (2024)
- % of Triple Viral D1 immunization coverage 82.81 (2024)
- Suicides of children and adolescents 16 (2024)
- Maternal mortality ratio 95.7 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Piauí?
- Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old in Piauí was 16.3 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old recorded in Piauí?
- The highest recorded value was 28.2 in 2007.
- What is the lowest childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old recorded in Piauí?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.76 in 2008.
- How does Piauí rank for childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old?
- Piauí ranks 4th out of 11 groups with data for 2024.
- Is childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old rising or falling in Piauí?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Piauí data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Childhood mortality rate - under 5 years old. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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