Number of under-five deaths, female in Guyana
Guyana: Number of under-five deaths, female was 179 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five 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
Guyana recorded 179 for number of under-five deaths, female in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, female in Guyana peaked at 946 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 179, in 2024.
Guyana ranks 126th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 868.6 | 822 | 946 | 10 |
| 1970s | 802.6 | 757 | 827 | 10 |
| 1980s | 699.1 | 614 | 747 | 10 |
| 1990s | 511.6 | 432 | 590 | 10 |
| 2000s | 320.4 | 271 | 408 | 10 |
| 2010s | 241.8 | 217 | 264 | 10 |
| 2020s | 195.6 | 179 | 212 | 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 under-five deaths, female in Guyana?
- Number of under-five deaths, female in Guyana was 179 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 under-five deaths, female recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 946 in 1960.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, female recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 179 in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for number of under-five deaths, female?
- Guyana ranks 126th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, female rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.8%. 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 under-five deaths, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of female children dying before reaching age five.