Number of infant deaths in Guinea
Guinea: Number of infant deaths was 28,994 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths in Guinea, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of infant deaths in Guinea is 28,994, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths in Guinea peaked at 38,973 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 28,994, in 2024.
Guinea ranks 30th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,546 | 29,724 | 33,392 | 10 |
| 1970s | 35,034 | 33,813 | 35,728 | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,773 | 35,785 | 37,979 | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,568 | 34,591 | 38,973 | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,608 | 29,573 | 33,610 | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,623 | 30,026 | 31,010 | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,898 | 28,994 | 30,650 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More health data for Guinea
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 193,609 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 181,139 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 190,353 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 194,686 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 189,269 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 199,145 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 206,455 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 210,429 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 200,789 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 186,308 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths in Guinea?
- Number of infant deaths in Guinea was 28,994 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of infant deaths recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 38,973 in 1992.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,994 in 2024.
- How does Guinea rank for number of infant deaths?
- Guinea ranks 30th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Number of infant deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age.