Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Guyana
Guyana: Number of deaths ages 5-9 years was 21 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Guyana, 1990–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
Analysis
Guyana recorded 21 for number of deaths ages 5-9 years in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Guyana peaked at 48 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 21, in 2023.
That places Guyana 148th out of 196 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 48 | — |
| 1991 | 46 | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 43 | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 41 | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 39 | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 38 | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 40 | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 40 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 39 | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 38 | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 37 | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 35 | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 35 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 33 | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 31 | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 30 | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 29 | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 28 | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27 | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 26 | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 24 | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 23 | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 22 | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 21 | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 21 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 40.9 | 38 | 48 | 10 |
| 2000s | 38.4 | 35 | 40 | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.2 | 24 | 33 | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.2 | 21 | 24 | 5 |
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More education data for Guyana
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 6,330 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 28.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.55 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Guyana?
- Number of deaths ages 5-9 years in Guyana was 21 in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
- What is the highest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 48 in 1990.
- What is the lowest number of deaths ages 5-9 years recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 21 in 2023.
- How does Guyana rank for number of deaths ages 5-9 years?
- Guyana ranks 148th out of 196 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of deaths ages 5-9 years rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. 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 deaths ages 5-9 years. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of deaths of children ages 5-9 years