Number of under-five deaths, male in Guinea
Guinea: Number of under-five deaths, male was 24,321 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
24,321
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
27th
of 197 countries
All-time high
34,631
in 1993
All-time low
24,321
in 2024
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Number of under-five deaths, male in Guinea, 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
In 2024, number of under-five deaths, male in Guinea stood at 24,321. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Guinea peaked at 34,631 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 24,321, in 2024.
Guinea ranks 27th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Number of under-five deaths, male in Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 28,126 | — |
| 1961 | 28,401 | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 28,704 | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 28,979 | +1.0% |
| 1964 | 29,277 | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 29,596 | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 29,892 | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 30,171 | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 30,482 | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 30,789 | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 31,114 | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 31,375 | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 31,652 | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 31,867 | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 32,074 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 32,241 | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 32,316 | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 32,423 | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 32,454 | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 32,463 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 32,494 | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 32,557 | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 32,677 | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 32,775 | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 32,904 | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 33,095 | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 33,329 | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 33,612 | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 33,874 | +0.8% |
| 1989 | 34,060 | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 34,138 | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 34,373 | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 34,622 | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 34,631 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 34,486 | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 34,129 | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 33,708 | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 33,266 | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 32,394 | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 31,430 | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 30,529 | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 29,531 | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 28,465 | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 27,613 | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 27,032 | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 26,657 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 26,394 | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 26,274 | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 26,294 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 26,382 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 26,467 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 26,502 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 26,511 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 26,513 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 26,691 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 26,732 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 26,639 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 26,604 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 26,445 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 26,261 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 26,014 | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 25,702 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 25,260 | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 24,822 | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 24,321 | -2.0% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 24,321 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5,546, 4.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 24,321 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 17,430, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,442 | 28,126 | 30,789 | 10 |
| 1970s | 31,998 | 31,114 | 32,463 | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,138 | 32,494 | 34,060 | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,718 | 31,430 | 34,631 | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,517 | 26,274 | 30,529 | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,536 | 26,261 | 26,732 | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,224 | 24,321 | 26,014 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
- 24 Yemen 29,489 compare
- 25 Burkina Faso 29,114 compare
- 26 Philippines 27,811 compare
- 28 South Africa 22,681 compare
- 29 Brazil 20,885 compare
- 30 Benin 19,266 compare
More education data for Guinea
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19,322 (2011)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 256,207 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 103,162 (2020)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 99,093 (2020)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 715,702 (2014)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.11 million (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 3.81 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.1576 units per person (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of under-five deaths, male in Guinea?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Guinea was 24,321 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, male recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 34,631 in 1993.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,321 in 2024.
- How does Guinea rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Guinea ranks 27th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea 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, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.