Guyana vs Niue: Child mortality rate
Guyana
2.52 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Niue
2.38 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guyana rank
65th
Niue rank
68th
Child mortality rate over time
- Guyana
- Niue
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 2.52 deaths per 100 live births against 2.38 deaths per 100 live births in Niue, a difference of 0.14 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Guyana's figure about 1.1 times Niue's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 82 shared years of data; in 1943 it was Guyana ahead.
Guyana ranks 65th and Niue ranks 68th of 200 countries.
Guyana has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Niue | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 16.09 deaths per 100 live births | 14.17 deaths per 100 live births | 1.92 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1950s | 12.47 deaths per 100 live births | 11.85 deaths per 100 live births | 0.626 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1960s | 8.09 deaths per 100 live births | 7.97 deaths per 100 live births | 0.126 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1970s | 7.3 deaths per 100 live births | 4.23 deaths per 100 live births | 3.07 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1980s | 6.75 deaths per 100 live births | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 4.19 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1990s | 5.44 deaths per 100 live births | 2.82 deaths per 100 live births | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2000s | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | 3.6 deaths per 100 live births | 0.618 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2010s | 3.37 deaths per 100 live births | 3.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.179 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2020s | 2.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.15 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Guyana or Niue?
- Guyana, at 2.52 deaths per 100 live births against 2.38 deaths per 100 live births in Niue as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Guyana and Niue?
- 0.14 deaths per 100 live births, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Niue?
- 82 years are reported by both, from 1943 to 2024.
- How do Guyana and Niue rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Guyana ranks 65th and Niue ranks 68th of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.