What is number of under-five deaths in Guyana?

Number of under-five deaths in Guyana was 419 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 Guyana?

The highest recorded value was 2,162 in 1960.

What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Guyana?

The lowest recorded value was 419 in 2024.

How does Guyana rank for number of under-five deaths?

Guyana ranks 126th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Guyana?

Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Guyana 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.

Number of under-five deaths in Guyana

Name: Number of under-five deaths in Guyana
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Guyana: Number of under-five deaths was 419 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

419

Change on year

down 4.6%

World rank

126th

of 195 countries

All-time high

2,162

in 1960

All-time low

419

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

Number of under-five deaths in Guyana, 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 Guyana stood at 419. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

The figure is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 27.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths in Guyana peaked at 2,162 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 419, in 2024.

Guyana ranks 126th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	1,995	1,894	2,162	10
1970s	1,841	1,736	1,900	10
1980s	1,613	1,424	1,714	10
1990s	1,198	1,012	1,373	10
2000s	749.3	633	955	10
2010s	565.5	508	619	10
2020s	457.2	419	496	5

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More health data for Guyana

Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 8,257 (2025)
Population, female 51.3% (2025)
Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 6,906 (2025)
Age population, age 20, female, interpolated 6,657 (2025)
Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 7,046 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 8,223 (2025)
Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 7,273 (2025)
Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 6,798 (2025)
Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 8,020 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 7,986 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of under-five deaths in Guyana?: Number of under-five deaths in Guyana was 419 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 Guyana?: The highest recorded value was 2,162 in 1960.
What is the lowest number of under-five deaths recorded in Guyana?: The lowest recorded value was 419 in 2024.
How does Guyana rank for number of under-five deaths?: Guyana ranks 126th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is number of under-five deaths rising or falling in Guyana?: Over the last ten years it is down 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guyana 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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Indicator: Number of under-five deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Number of children dying before reaching age five.