Number of youth deaths in Guyana
Guyana: Number of youth deaths was 471 deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of youth deaths in Guyana, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of youth deaths in Guyana is 471 deaths, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of youth deaths in Guyana peaked at 1,469 deaths in 1990 and was at its lowest, 471 deaths, in 2024.
Guyana ranks 128th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of youth deaths in Guyana, year by year
| Year | deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,469 deaths | — |
| 1991 | 1,419 deaths | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 1,370 deaths | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 1,330 deaths | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,296 deaths | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 1,263 deaths | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 1,225 deaths | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 1,184 deaths | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 1,139 deaths | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 1,089 deaths | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 1,033 deaths | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 975 deaths | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 914 deaths | -6.3% |
| 2003 | 857 deaths | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 813 deaths | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 779 deaths | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 756 deaths | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 743 deaths | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 730 deaths | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 717 deaths | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 700 deaths | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 685 deaths | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 671 deaths | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 660 deaths | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 647 deaths | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 631 deaths | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 613 deaths | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 593 deaths | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 573 deaths | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 566 deaths | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 553 deaths | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 530 deaths | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 513 deaths | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 493 deaths | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 471 deaths | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,278 deaths | 1,089 deaths | 1,469 deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 831.7 deaths | 717 deaths | 1,033 deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 633.9 deaths | 566 deaths | 700 deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 512 deaths | 471 deaths | 553 deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More health data for Guyana
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.59 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4509 % change on previous year (2090)
- 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)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -0.1985 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1425 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -0.1895 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1468 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of youth deaths in Guyana?
- Number of youth deaths in Guyana was 471 deaths in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of youth deaths recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,469 deaths in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of youth deaths recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 471 deaths in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for number of youth deaths?
- Guyana ranks 128th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of youth deaths rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. 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 Number of youth deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years.