What is child mortality rate in Guyana?

Child mortality rate in Guyana was 2.52 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 rate recorded in Guyana?

The highest recorded value was 16.27 deaths per 100 live births in 1949.

What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Guyana?

The lowest recorded value was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Guyana rank for child mortality rate?

Guyana ranks 65th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Guyana?

Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Guyana 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 rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Child mortality rate in Guyana

Name: Child mortality rate in Guyana
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Guyana: Child mortality rate was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

2.52 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.1%

World rank

65th

of 199 countries

All-time high

16.27 deaths per 100 live births

in 1949

All-time low

2.52 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1949–2024

Child mortality rate in Guyana, 1949–2024

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

The most recent figure for child mortality rate in Guyana is 2.52 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 76 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Guyana peaked at 16.27 deaths per 100 live births in 1949 and was at its lowest, 2.52 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Guyana ranks 65th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 76 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1940s	16.27 deaths per 100 live births	16.27 deaths per 100 live births	16.27 deaths per 100 live births	1
1950s	12.47 deaths per 100 live births	9.71 deaths per 100 live births	15.53 deaths per 100 live births	10
1960s	8.09 deaths per 100 live births	7.44 deaths per 100 live births	9.25 deaths per 100 live births	10
1970s	7.3 deaths per 100 live births	7.14 deaths per 100 live births	7.4 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	6.75 deaths per 100 live births	6.29 deaths per 100 live births	7.08 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	5.44 deaths per 100 live births	4.8 deaths per 100 live births	6.14 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	4.22 deaths per 100 live births	3.83 deaths per 100 live births	4.67 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	3.37 deaths per 100 live births	2.96 deaths per 100 live births	3.76 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	2.69 deaths per 100 live births	2.52 deaths per 100 live births	2.86 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Guyana

62 Marshall Islands 2.67 deaths per 100 live births compare
63 India 2.66 deaths per 100 live births compare
64 Philippines 2.65 deaths per 100 live births compare
66 Nepal 2.51 deaths per 100 live births compare
67 Venezuela 2.42 deaths per 100 live births compare
68 Niue 2.38 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

More health data for Guyana

Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,225 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
Number of infants who die before age 1 62 deaths (2100)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 6,798 (2025)
Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 8,257 (2025)
Age dependency ratio, young 45.1% (2025)
Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 6,657 (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 7,046 (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 8,257 (2025)
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 7,273 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 7,986 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is child mortality rate in Guyana?: Child mortality rate in Guyana was 2.52 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 rate recorded in Guyana?: The highest recorded value was 16.27 deaths per 100 live births in 1949.
What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Guyana?: The lowest recorded value was 2.52 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Guyana rank for child mortality rate?: Guyana ranks 65th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Guyana?: Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guyana 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 rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Child 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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .