What is child mortality in Guinea?

Child mortality in Guinea was 9.21 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest child mortality recorded in Guinea?

The highest recorded value was 45.06 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.

What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Guinea?

The lowest recorded value was 9.21 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Guinea rank for child mortality?

Guinea ranks 6th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rising or falling in Guinea?

Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Guinea data come from?

The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality in Guinea

Name: Child mortality in Guinea
Creator: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Guinea: Child mortality was 9.21 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

9.21 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.0%

World rank

6th

of 203 countries

All-time high

45.06 deaths per 100 live births

in 1800

All-time low

9.21 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

225

1800–2024

Child mortality in Guinea, 1800–2024

Source: Gapminder (2015); UN 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 in Guinea stood at 9.21 deaths per 100 live births. That is the lowest value across all 225 years on record.

The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 20.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality in Guinea peaked at 45.06 deaths per 100 live births in 1800 and was at its lowest, 9.21 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Guinea ranks 6th of 203 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 225 years of available data.

Child mortality in Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Child mortality in Guinea, 1800 to 2024.
Year	deaths per 100 live births	Change
1800	45.06 deaths per 100 live births	—
1801	45.06 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1802	45.06 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1803	45.06 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1804	45.06 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1805	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1806	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1807	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1808	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1809	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1810	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1811	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1812	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1813	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1814	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1815	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1816	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1817	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1818	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1819	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1820	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1821	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1822	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1823	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1824	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1825	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1826	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1827	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1828	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1829	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1830	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1831	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1832	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1833	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1834	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1835	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1836	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1837	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1838	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1839	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1840	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1841	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1842	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1843	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1844	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1845	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1846	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1847	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1848	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1849	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1850	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1851	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1852	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1853	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1854	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1855	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1856	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1857	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1858	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1859	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1860	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1861	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1862	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1863	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1864	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1865	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1866	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1867	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1868	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1869	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1870	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1871	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1872	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1873	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1874	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1875	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1876	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1877	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1878	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1879	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1880	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1881	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1882	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1883	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1884	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1885	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1886	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1887	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1888	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1889	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1890	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1891	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1892	43.71 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1893	43.71 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1894	43.71 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1895	43.71 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1896	43.7 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1897	43.69 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1898	43.67 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1899	43.65 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1900	43.62 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1901	43.58 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1902	43.4 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1903	43.35 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1904	43.29 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1905	43.23 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1906	43.16 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1907	43.08 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1908	42.99 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1909	42.9 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1910	42.81 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1911	42.71 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1912	42.48 deaths per 100 live births	-0.5%
1913	42.38 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1914	42.27 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1915	42.17 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1916	42.07 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1917	41.97 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1918	41.87 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1919	41.76 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1920	41.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1921	41.43 deaths per 100 live births	-0.6%
1922	41.33 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1923	41.23 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1924	41.13 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1925	41.03 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1926	40.92 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1927	40.82 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1928	40.72 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1929	40.62 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1930	40.52 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1931	40.33 deaths per 100 live births	-0.5%
1932	40.27 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1933	40.22 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1934	40.16 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1935	40.09 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1936	40.03 deaths per 100 live births	-0.1%
1937	34.82 deaths per 100 live births	-13.0%
1938	34.9 deaths per 100 live births	+0.2%
1939	34.99 deaths per 100 live births	+0.2%
1940	35.07 deaths per 100 live births	+0.2%
1941	35.12 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1942	35.19 deaths per 100 live births	+0.2%
1943	35.24 deaths per 100 live births	+0.2%
1944	35.32 deaths per 100 live births	+0.2%
1945	35.4 deaths per 100 live births	+0.2%
1946	35.44 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1947	35.46 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1948	35.49 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1949	35.51 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1950	35.54 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1951	35.58 deaths per 100 live births	+0.1%
1952	35.58 deaths per 100 live births	+0.0%
1953	35.58 deaths per 100 live births	-0.0%
1954	35.52 deaths per 100 live births	-0.2%
1955	35.43 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1956	35.32 deaths per 100 live births	-0.3%
1957	35.2 deaths per 100 live births	-0.4%
1958	35.01 deaths per 100 live births	-0.5%
1959	34.84 deaths per 100 live births	-0.5%
1960	34.67 deaths per 100 live births	-0.5%
1961	34.44 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1962	34.22 deaths per 100 live births	-0.6%
1963	33.97 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1964	33.73 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1965	33.49 deaths per 100 live births	-0.7%
1966	33.21 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1967	32.93 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1968	32.66 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1969	32.38 deaths per 100 live births	-0.8%
1970	32.1 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
1971	31.77 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1972	31.46 deaths per 100 live births	-1.0%
1973	31.1 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1974	30.77 deaths per 100 live births	-1.1%
1975	30.4 deaths per 100 live births	-1.2%
1976	29.99 deaths per 100 live births	-1.4%
1977	29.54 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
1978	29.07 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
1979	28.59 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1980	28.1 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1981	27.63 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1982	27.15 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1983	26.69 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1984	26.23 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
1985	25.76 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1986	25.3 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1987	24.84 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
1988	24.37 deaths per 100 live births	-1.9%
1989	23.87 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
1990	23.34 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
1991	22.75 deaths per 100 live births	-2.5%
1992	22.11 deaths per 100 live births	-2.8%
1993	21.44 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%
1994	20.75 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
1995	20.05 deaths per 100 live births	-3.4%
1996	19.35 deaths per 100 live births	-3.5%
1997	18.66 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
1998	17.97 deaths per 100 live births	-3.7%
1999	17.26 deaths per 100 live births	-3.9%
2000	16.57 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
2001	15.9 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
2002	15.27 deaths per 100 live births	-4.0%
2003	14.69 deaths per 100 live births	-3.8%
2004	14.16 deaths per 100 live births	-3.6%
2005	13.7 deaths per 100 live births	-3.2%
2006	13.31 deaths per 100 live births	-2.9%
2007	12.97 deaths per 100 live births	-2.5%
2008	12.69 deaths per 100 live births	-2.2%
2009	12.44 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
2010	12.22 deaths per 100 live births	-1.7%
2011	12.03 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
2012	11.84 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
2013	11.66 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
2014	11.54 deaths per 100 live births	-0.9%
2015	11.37 deaths per 100 live births	-1.5%
2016	11.14 deaths per 100 live births	-2.1%
2017	10.95 deaths per 100 live births	-1.6%
2018	10.75 deaths per 100 live births	-1.8%
2019	10.54 deaths per 100 live births	-2.0%
2020	10.29 deaths per 100 live births	-2.3%
2021	10.03 deaths per 100 live births	-2.5%
2022	9.76 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
2023	9.49 deaths per 100 live births	-2.7%
2024	9.21 deaths per 100 live births	-3.0%

Guinea compared with similar countries

Guinea's 9.21 deaths per 100 live births is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.69 deaths per 100 live births, 2.5× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Guinea's 9.21 deaths per 100 live births is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.89 deaths per 100 live births, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1800s	44.99 deaths per 100 live births	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	45.06 deaths per 100 live births	10
1810s	44.86 deaths per 100 live births	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	44.92 deaths per 100 live births	10
1820s	44.72 deaths per 100 live births	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	44.79 deaths per 100 live births	10
1830s	44.57 deaths per 100 live births	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	44.65 deaths per 100 live births	10
1840s	44.43 deaths per 100 live births	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	44.52 deaths per 100 live births	10
1850s	44.3 deaths per 100 live births	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	44.38 deaths per 100 live births	10
1860s	44.15 deaths per 100 live births	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	44.25 deaths per 100 live births	10
1870s	44.02 deaths per 100 live births	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	44.11 deaths per 100 live births	10
1880s	43.89 deaths per 100 live births	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	43.98 deaths per 100 live births	10
1890s	43.73 deaths per 100 live births	43.65 deaths per 100 live births	43.85 deaths per 100 live births	10
1900s	43.26 deaths per 100 live births	42.9 deaths per 100 live births	43.62 deaths per 100 live births	10
1910s	42.25 deaths per 100 live births	41.76 deaths per 100 live births	42.81 deaths per 100 live births	10
1920s	41.09 deaths per 100 live births	40.62 deaths per 100 live births	41.66 deaths per 100 live births	10
1930s	38.63 deaths per 100 live births	34.82 deaths per 100 live births	40.52 deaths per 100 live births	10
1940s	35.32 deaths per 100 live births	35.07 deaths per 100 live births	35.51 deaths per 100 live births	10
1950s	35.36 deaths per 100 live births	34.84 deaths per 100 live births	35.58 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	33.57 deaths per 100 live births	32.38 deaths per 100 live births	34.67 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	30.48 deaths per 100 live births	28.59 deaths per 100 live births	32.1 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	25.99 deaths per 100 live births	23.87 deaths per 100 live births	28.1 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	20.37 deaths per 100 live births	17.26 deaths per 100 live births	23.34 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	14.17 deaths per 100 live births	12.44 deaths per 100 live births	16.57 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	11.4 deaths per 100 live births	10.54 deaths per 100 live births	12.22 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	9.76 deaths per 100 live births	9.21 deaths per 100 live births	10.29 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Guinea

3 Somalia 10.11 deaths per 100 live births compare
4 Chad 9.73 deaths per 100 live births compare
5 South Sudan 9.67 deaths per 100 live births compare
7 Sierra Leone 9.05 deaths per 100 live births compare
8 Central African Republic 8.97 deaths per 100 live births compare
9 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.97 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More health data for Guinea

Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.65 % change on previous year (2100)
Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8529 % change on previous year (2090)
Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,123 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 11,190 deaths (2100)
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 113 (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.9852 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0731 units per person (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.9785 % change on previous year (2025)
Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality in Guinea?: Child mortality in Guinea was 9.21 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child mortality recorded in Guinea?: The highest recorded value was 45.06 deaths per 100 live births in 1800.
What is the lowest child mortality recorded in Guinea?: The lowest recorded value was 9.21 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Guinea rank for child mortality?: Guinea ranks 6th out of 203 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rising or falling in Guinea?: Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guinea data come from?: The figures come from Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Child mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Child mortality
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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