Number of infant deaths, female in Guyana
Guyana: Number of infant deaths, female was 164 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of infant deaths, female in Guyana, 1960–2024
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of infant deaths, female in Guyana is 164, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and down 27.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of infant deaths, female in Guyana peaked at 726 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 164, in 2024.
Guyana ranks 125th of 197 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.
Number of infant deaths, female in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 726 | — |
| 1961 | 713 | -1.8% |
| 1962 | 699 | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 685 | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 674 | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 665 | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 659 | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 655 | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 655 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 656 | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 659 | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 664 | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 668 | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 667 | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 662 | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 654 | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 648 | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 640 | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 631 | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 624 | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 619 | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 617 | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 618 | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 617 | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 609 | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 596 | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 582 | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 564 | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 544 | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 523 | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 505 | -3.4% |
| 1991 | 489 | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 474 | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 461 | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 452 | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 441 | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 428 | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 413 | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 397 | -3.9% |
| 1999 | 379 | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 359 | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 337 | -6.1% |
| 2002 | 314 | -6.8% |
| 2003 | 292 | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 275 | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 263 | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 256 | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 252 | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 249 | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 244 | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 239 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 235 | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 232 | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 229 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 226 | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 221 | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 215 | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 208 | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 200 | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 199 | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 195 | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 186 | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 180 | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 172 | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 164 | -4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 678.7 | 655 | 726 | 10 |
| 1970s | 651.7 | 624 | 668 | 10 |
| 1980s | 588.9 | 523 | 619 | 10 |
| 1990s | 443.9 | 379 | 505 | 10 |
| 2000s | 284.1 | 244 | 359 | 10 |
| 2010s | 220.4 | 199 | 239 | 10 |
| 2020s | 179.4 | 164 | 195 | 5 |
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More education data for Guyana
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2015)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of infant deaths, female in Guyana?
- Number of infant deaths, female in Guyana was 164 in 2024, according to Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.
- What is the highest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 726 in 1960.
- What is the lowest number of infant deaths, female recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 164 in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for number of infant deaths, female?
- Guyana ranks 125th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of infant deaths, female rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana data come from?
- The figures come from Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as part of Number of infant deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age.