Number of under-five deaths in Guinea
Guinea: Number of under-five deaths was 44,394 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths in Guinea, 1960–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
In 2024, number of under-five deaths in Guinea stood at 44,394. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Guinea peaked at 65,484 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 44,394, in 2024.
Guinea ranks 27th 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 | 56,277 | 53,748 | 58,872 | 10 |
| 1970s | 61,186 | 59,483 | 61,979 | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,059 | 61,956 | 64,658 | 10 |
| 1990s | 63,425 | 58,635 | 65,484 | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,874 | 48,327 | 56,875 | 10 |
| 2010s | 48,583 | 48,028 | 48,957 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,072 | 44,394 | 47,564 | 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 under-five deaths in Guinea?
- Number of under-five deaths in Guinea was 44,394 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?
- The highest recorded value was 65,484 in 1992.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 44,394 in 2024.
- How does Guinea rank for number of under-five deaths?
- Guinea ranks 27th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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 under-five deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children dying before reaching age five.