Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Guyana or Republic of Korea?

Republic of Korea, at 281 deaths against 253 deaths in Guyana as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Guyana and Republic of Korea?

28 deaths, with Republic of Korea ahead.

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

72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guyana vs Republic of Korea: Number of neonatal deaths

Guyana

253 deaths

in 2024

Republic of Korea

281 deaths

in 2024

Guyana rank

124th

Republic of Korea rank

122nd

Number of neonatal deaths over time

Guyana
Republic of Korea

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 281 deaths against 253 deaths in Guyana, a difference of 28 deaths.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.1 times Guyana's.

Across all 72 years both countries report, Republic of Korea has been ahead every year.

Guyana ranks 124th and Republic of Korea ranks 122nd of 199 countries.

Republic of Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guyana	Republic of Korea	Difference	Ahead
1950s	986.86 deaths	30,591 deaths	29,604 deaths	Republic of Korea
1960s	933 deaths	27,662 deaths	26,729 deaths	Republic of Korea
1970s	859.1 deaths	18,419 deaths	17,560 deaths	Republic of Korea
1980s	756.4 deaths	9,627 deaths	8,871 deaths	Republic of Korea
1990s	658.4 deaths	3,647 deaths	2,988 deaths	Republic of Korea
2000s	439.1 deaths	1,235 deaths	796 deaths	Republic of Korea
2010s	347.5 deaths	661.6 deaths	314.1 deaths	Republic of Korea
2020s	276.8 deaths	319 deaths	42.2 deaths	Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, Guyana or Republic of Korea?: Republic of Korea, at 281 deaths against 253 deaths in Guyana as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between Guyana and Republic of Korea?: 28 deaths, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Republic of Korea?: 72 years are reported by both, from 1953 to 2024.
How do Guyana and Republic of Korea rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: Guyana ranks 124th and Republic of Korea ranks 122nd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .