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
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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

Indicator
Child mortality rate
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
200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed

The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.