What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Guyana and Venezuela?

1 per 1,000 live births, with Guyana ahead.

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

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, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guyana vs Venezuela: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)

Guyana

25.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Venezuela

24.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Guyana rank

65th

Venezuela rank

67th

Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time

Guyana
Venezuela

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 24.2 per 1,000 live births in Venezuela, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

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

Guyana ranks 65th and Venezuela ranks 67th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1960s	80.91 per 1,000 live births	71.54 per 1,000 live births	9.37 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
1970s	72.96 per 1,000 live births	54.69 per 1,000 live births	18.27 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
1980s	67.48 per 1,000 live births	37.16 per 1,000 live births	30.32 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
1990s	54.38 per 1,000 live births	26.22 per 1,000 live births	28.16 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
2000s	42.23 per 1,000 live births	18.98 per 1,000 live births	23.25 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
2010s	33.71 per 1,000 live births	20.43 per 1,000 live births	13.28 per 1,000 live births	Guyana
2020s	26.9 per 1,000 live births	24.2 per 1,000 live births	2.7 per 1,000 live births	Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Guyana or Venezuela?: Guyana, at 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 24.2 per 1,000 live births in Venezuela as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Guyana and Venezuela?: 1 per 1,000 live births, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Venezuela?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guyana and Venezuela rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Guyana ranks 65th and Venezuela ranks 67th 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 (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, under-5 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.