Child mortality by sex in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Child mortality by sex was 7.29 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Child mortality by sex in Guinea-Bissau, 1985–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, child mortality by sex in Guinea-Bissau stood at 7.29 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality by sex in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 25.62 deaths per 100 live births in 1985 and was at its lowest, 7.29 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Guinea-Bissau 15th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 24.72 deaths per 100 live births | 23.85 deaths per 100 live births | 25.62 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
| 1990s | 21.27 deaths per 100 live births | 19.02 deaths per 100 live births | 23.43 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.78 deaths per 100 live births | 12.88 deaths per 100 live births | 18.5 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.18 deaths per 100 live births | 8.57 deaths per 100 live births | 12.26 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.78 deaths per 100 live births | 7.29 deaths per 100 live births | 8.29 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 12 Burkina Faso 7.91 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 13 Mali 7.71 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 14 Equatorial Guinea 7.34 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 16 Cote d'Ivoire 7.13 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 17 Zimbabwe 7.1 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 18 Cameroon 6.99 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Guinea-Bissau
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,070 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 941 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 28,594 (2025)
- Population, male 49.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 666,780 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 862,130 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 28,214 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 28,958 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality by sex in Guinea-Bissau?
- Child mortality by sex in Guinea-Bissau was 7.29 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality by sex recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 25.62 deaths per 100 live births in 1985.
- What is the lowest child mortality by sex recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.29 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for child mortality by sex?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 15th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is child mortality by sex rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .