What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?

0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Guinea-Bissau vs Madagascar: Youth mortality rate

Guinea-Bissau

7.82 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

8.01 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau rank

19th

Madagascar rank

17th

Youth mortality rate over time

Guinea-Bissau
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 8.01 deaths per 100 live births against 7.82 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.19 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 19th and Madagascar ranks 17th of 199 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Guinea-Bissau	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1990s	23.22 deaths per 100 live births	15.94 deaths per 100 live births	7.29 deaths per 100 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	17.07 deaths per 100 live births	10.59 deaths per 100 live births	6.48 deaths per 100 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	11.04 deaths per 100 live births	8.21 deaths per 100 live births	2.83 deaths per 100 live births	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	8.36 deaths per 100 live births	8.18 deaths per 100 live births	0.1795 deaths per 100 live births	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Guinea-Bissau or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 8.01 deaths per 100 live births against 7.82 deaths per 100 live births in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?: 0.19 deaths per 100 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Madagascar rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Guinea-Bissau ranks 19th and Madagascar ranks 17th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.