Child mortality rate in Guinea
Guinea: Child mortality rate was 9.7% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Child mortality rate in Guinea, 1950–2019
Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Guinea recorded 9.7% for child mortality rate in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 70 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 28.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, child mortality rate in Guinea peaked at 36.2% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 9.7%, in 2019.
Guinea ranks 8th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 70 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 34.9% | 33.5% | 36.2% | 10 |
| 1960s | 31.8% | 30.5% | 33.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 29.0% | 27.2% | 30.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.0% | 23.0% | 26.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.2% | 18.0% | 22.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.5% | 13.6% | 17.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 9.7% | 13.2% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 5 Burkina Faso 10.9% compare
- 6 Nigeria 10.4% compare
- 7 Sierra Leone 10.2% compare
- 9 Somalia 9.5% compare
- 10 South Sudan 9.3% compare
- 11 Benin 8.5% compare
More health data for Guinea
- 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)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 134,499 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 132,088 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 137,041 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 134,485 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 139,065 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 136,370 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is child mortality rate in Guinea?
- Child mortality rate in Guinea was 9.7% in 2019, according to IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest child mortality rate recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 36.2% in 1950.
- What is the lowest child mortality rate recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.7% in 2019.
- How does Guinea rank for child mortality rate?
- Guinea ranks 8th out of 204 countries with data for 2019.
- Is child mortality rate rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2020) – 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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Probability of death before the age of five