Guyana vs Venezuela: Child mortality rate
Guyana
2.52 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Venezuela
2.42 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Guyana rank
65th
Venezuela rank
67th
Child mortality rate over time
- Guyana
- Venezuela
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 2.52 deaths per 100 live births against 2.42 deaths per 100 live births in Venezuela, a difference of 0.1 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 94 shared years of data; in 1930 it was Venezuela ahead.
Guyana ranks 65th and Venezuela ranks 67th of 200 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 8 and Venezuela in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 22.25 deaths per 100 live births | 23.26 deaths per 100 live births | 1.01 deaths per 100 live births | Venezuela |
| 1940s | 15.47 deaths per 100 live births | 16.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.838 deaths per 100 live births | Venezuela |
| 1950s | 12.47 deaths per 100 live births | 10.04 deaths per 100 live births | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1960s | 8.09 deaths per 100 live births | 7.15 deaths per 100 live births | 0.937 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1970s | 7.3 deaths per 100 live births | 5.47 deaths per 100 live births | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1980s | 6.75 deaths per 100 live births | 3.72 deaths per 100 live births | 3.03 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 1990s | 5.44 deaths per 100 live births | 2.62 deaths per 100 live births | 2.82 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2000s | 4.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.33 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2010s | 3.37 deaths per 100 live births | 2.04 deaths per 100 live births | 1.33 deaths per 100 live births | Guyana |
| 2020s | 2.69 deaths per 100 live births | 2.42 deaths per 100 live births | 0.27 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 Venezuela?
- Guyana, at 2.52 deaths per 100 live births against 2.42 deaths per 100 live births in Venezuela as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Guyana and Venezuela?
- 0.1 deaths per 100 live births, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Venezuela?
- 94 years are reported by both, from 1930 to 2024.
- How do Guyana and Venezuela rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Guyana ranks 65th and Venezuela ranks 67th 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
Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.