Guyana vs India: Child mortality

Guyana
2.52 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
India
2.66 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guyana rank
65th
India rank
63rd

Child mortality over time

  • Guyana
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 2.66 deaths per 100 live births against 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in Guyana, a difference of 0.14 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was India ahead.

Guyana ranks 65th and India ranks 63rd of 203 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana India Difference Ahead
1800s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1810s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1820s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1830s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1840s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1850s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1860s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1870s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 50.94 deaths per 100 live births 8.02 deaths per 100 live births India
1880s 42.92 deaths per 100 live births 51.53 deaths per 100 live births 8.62 deaths per 100 live births India
1890s 40.76 deaths per 100 live births 53.08 deaths per 100 live births 12.32 deaths per 100 live births India
1900s 34.21 deaths per 100 live births 45.61 deaths per 100 live births 11.4 deaths per 100 live births India
1910s 32.25 deaths per 100 live births 34.71 deaths per 100 live births 2.46 deaths per 100 live births India
1920s 27.17 deaths per 100 live births 29.49 deaths per 100 live births 2.32 deaths per 100 live births India
1930s 22.12 deaths per 100 live births 27.97 deaths per 100 live births 5.85 deaths per 100 live births India
1940s 15.22 deaths per 100 live births 27.04 deaths per 100 live births 11.82 deaths per 100 live births India
1950s 12.47 deaths per 100 live births 26.33 deaths per 100 live births 13.86 deaths per 100 live births India
1960s 8.09 deaths per 100 live births 22.87 deaths per 100 live births 14.77 deaths per 100 live births India
1970s 7.3 deaths per 100 live births 19.68 deaths per 100 live births 12.39 deaths per 100 live births India
1980s 6.75 deaths per 100 live births 14.95 deaths per 100 live births 8.2 deaths per 100 live births India
1990s 5.44 deaths per 100 live births 11.13 deaths per 100 live births 5.69 deaths per 100 live births India
2000s 4.22 deaths per 100 live births 7.62 deaths per 100 live births 3.4 deaths per 100 live births India
2010s 3.37 deaths per 100 live births 4.56 deaths per 100 live births 1.19 deaths per 100 live births India
2020s 2.69 deaths per 100 live births 2.97 deaths per 100 live births 0.2739 deaths per 100 live births India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Guyana or India?
India, at 2.66 deaths per 100 live births against 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in Guyana as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality between Guyana and India?
0.14 deaths per 100 live births, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and India?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Guyana and India rank globally for child mortality?
Guyana ranks 65th and India ranks 63rd of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

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