Number of youth deaths in Mozambique
Mozambique: Number of youth deaths was 82,265 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of youth deaths in Mozambique, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of youth deaths in Mozambique is 82,265 deaths, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of youth deaths in Mozambique peaked at 166,804 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 82,265 deaths, in 2024.
Mozambique ranks 16th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of youth deaths in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 166,804 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 164,193 deaths | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 161,398 deaths | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 158,420 deaths | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 156,800 deaths | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 158,114 deaths | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 158,028 deaths | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 155,398 deaths | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 151,386 deaths | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 146,800 deaths | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 141,769 deaths | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 136,307 deaths | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 130,832 deaths | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 125,614 deaths | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 120,790 deaths | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 116,355 deaths | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 111,741 deaths | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 106,351 deaths | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 103,535 deaths | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 101,099 deaths | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 101,292 deaths | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 98,839 deaths | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 96,016 deaths | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 94,058 deaths | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 91,984 deaths | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 89,051 deaths | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 87,703 deaths | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 87,624 deaths | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 87,019 deaths | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 86,683 deaths | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 86,874 deaths | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 85,853 deaths | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 85,320 deaths | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 83,830 deaths | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 82,265 deaths | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 157,734 deaths | 146,800 deaths | 166,804 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 119,439 deaths | 101,099 deaths | 141,769 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,027 deaths | 86,683 deaths | 101,292 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,828 deaths | 82,265 deaths | 86,874 deaths | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of youth deaths in Mozambique?
- Number of youth deaths in Mozambique was 82,265 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of youth deaths recorded in Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 166,804 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of youth deaths recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 82,265 deaths in 2024.
- How does Mozambique rank for number of youth deaths?
- Mozambique ranks 16th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of youth deaths rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of youth deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.