What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guyana and India?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with India ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and India?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guyana vs India: Mortality rate, infant

Guyana

23.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

India

23.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guyana rank

62nd

India rank

61st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Guyana
India

How they compare

India currently reports 23.3 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in Guyana, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

Guyana ranks 62nd and India ranks 61st of 197 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	India	Difference	Ahead
1960s	64.2 per 1,000 live births	142.99 per 1,000 live births	78.79 per 1,000 live births	India
1970s	60.41 per 1,000 live births	124.39 per 1,000 live births	63.98 per 1,000 live births	India
1980s	57.71 per 1,000 live births	96.71 per 1,000 live births	39 per 1,000 live births	India
1990s	47.66 per 1,000 live births	76.4 per 1,000 live births	28.74 per 1,000 live births	India
2000s	37.82 per 1,000 live births	57.43 per 1,000 live births	19.61 per 1,000 live births	India
2010s	30.74 per 1,000 live births	37.59 per 1,000 live births	6.85 per 1,000 live births	India
2020s	24.76 per 1,000 live births	25.76 per 1,000 live births	1 per 1,000 live births	India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Guyana or India?: India, at 23.3 per 1,000 live births against 23.2 per 1,000 live births in Guyana as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Guyana and India?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and India?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guyana and India rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Guyana ranks 62nd and India ranks 61st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.