Number of child deaths per woman in Guinea
Guinea: Number of child deaths per woman was 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of child deaths per woman in Guinea, 1937–2024
Source: Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in under-five deaths per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of child deaths per woman in Guinea is 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 88 years on record.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of child deaths per woman in Guinea peaked at 2.14 under-five deaths per woman in 1954 and was at its lowest, 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman, in 2024.
That places Guinea 7th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 88 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 3 |
| 1940s | 2.12 under-five deaths per woman | 2.11 under-five deaths per woman | 2.13 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1950s | 2.13 under-five deaths per woman | 2.12 under-five deaths per woman | 2.14 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.07 under-five deaths per woman | 2.02 under-five deaths per woman | 2.12 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 1.87 under-five deaths per woman | 2 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.72 under-five deaths per woman | 1.59 under-five deaths per woman | 1.84 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.3 under-five deaths per woman | 1.04 under-five deaths per woman | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8103 under-five deaths per woman | 0.685 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9835 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5719 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4822 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6595 under-five deaths per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4278 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4619 under-five deaths per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 4 Chad 0.5028 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4771 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 6 South Sudan 0.411 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 8 Mali 0.389 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 9 Central African Republic 0.384 under-five deaths per woman compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 0.3535 under-five deaths per woman compare
More reference data data for Guinea
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.22 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.5 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.15 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 37.21 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 35.68 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 48.17 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of child deaths per woman in Guinea?
- Number of child deaths per woman in Guinea was 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman 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 number of child deaths per woman recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2.14 under-five deaths per woman in 1954.
- What is the lowest number of child deaths per woman recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3935 under-five deaths per woman in 2024.
- How does Guinea rank for number of child deaths per woman?
- Guinea ranks 7th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of child deaths per woman rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.5%. 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 Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).