Number of under-five deaths, male in Guyana
Guyana: Number of under-five deaths, male was 240 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of under-five deaths, male 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 240 for number of under-five deaths, male in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of under-five deaths, male in Guyana peaked at 1,216 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 240, 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.
Number of under-five deaths, male in Guyana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,216 | — |
| 1961 | 1,193 | -1.9% |
| 1962 | 1,165 | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 1,144 | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 1,123 | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 1,106 | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 1,091 | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 1,081 | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 1,074 | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 1,072 | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 1,072 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,074 | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,072 | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 1,067 | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 1,054 | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,039 | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 1,024 | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 1,009 | -1.5% |
| 1978 | 993 | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 979 | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 967 | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 962 | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 960 | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 955 | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 942 | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 923 | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 901 | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 873 | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 842 | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 810 | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 783 | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 758 | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 735 | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 716 | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 699 | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 681 | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 660 | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 638 | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 610 | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 580 | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 547 | -5.7% |
| 2001 | 513 | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 477 | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 443 | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 417 | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 398 | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 385 | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 377 | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 370 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 362 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 355 | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 348 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 341 | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 336 | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 331 | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 323 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 314 | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 305 | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 293 | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 291 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 284 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 271 | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 262 | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 251 | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 240 | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,126 | 1,072 | 1,216 | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,038 | 979 | 1,074 | 10 |
| 1980s | 913.5 | 810 | 967 | 10 |
| 1990s | 686 | 580 | 783 | 10 |
| 2000s | 428.9 | 362 | 547 | 10 |
| 2010s | 323.7 | 291 | 355 | 10 |
| 2020s | 261.6 | 240 | 284 | 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, male in Guyana?
- Number of under-five deaths, male in Guyana was 240 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 1,216 in 1960.
- What is the lowest number of under-five deaths, male recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 240 in 2024.
- How does Guyana rank for number of under-five deaths, male?
- Guyana ranks 126th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of under-five deaths, male rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.5%. 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, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of male children dying before reaching age five.