Number of under-five deaths in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Number of under-five deaths was 4,312 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in Guinea-Bissau, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Guinea-Bissau recorded 4,312 for number of under-five deaths in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 9,708 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,312, in 2024.
That places Guinea-Bissau 73rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,387 | 9,031 | 9,708 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,936 | 6,895 | 8,872 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,762 | 4,927 | 6,648 | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,545 | 4,312 | 4,781 | 5 |
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More health data for Guinea-Bissau
- Population ages 15-64, male 647,782 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 24,844 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 24,433 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 25,376 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 58.6% (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 24,928 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 25,481 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 25,971 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 23,818 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 58.2% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths in Guinea-Bissau?
- Number of under-five deaths in Guinea-Bissau was 4,312 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of under-five deaths recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 9,708 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,312 in 2024.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for number of under-five deaths?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 73rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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 under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of children dying before reaching age five.