Guinea vs South Sudan: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
Guinea
85.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
South Sudan
91.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Guinea rank
6th
South Sudan rank
4th
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Guinea
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 91.5 per 1,000 live births against 85.1 per 1,000 live births in Guinea, a difference of 6.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Sudan ahead.
Guinea ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 4th of 197 countries.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327.05 per 1,000 live births | 367.13 per 1,000 live births | 40.08 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1970s | 297.12 per 1,000 live births | 307.34 per 1,000 live births | 10.22 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1980s | 252.27 per 1,000 live births | 331.36 per 1,000 live births | 79.09 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 1990s | 195.38 per 1,000 live births | 283.68 per 1,000 live births | 88.3 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2000s | 133.22 per 1,000 live births | 138.57 per 1,000 live births | 5.35 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2010s | 105.84 per 1,000 live births | 157.28 per 1,000 live births | 51.44 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 90.24 per 1,000 live births | 91.44 per 1,000 live births | 1.2 per 1,000 live births | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Guinea or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 91.5 per 1,000 live births against 85.1 per 1,000 live births in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Guinea and South Sudan?
- 6.4 per 1,000 live births, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and South Sudan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and South Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Guinea ranks 6th and South Sudan ranks 4th 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.