Guyana vs Suriname

Guyana vs Suriname: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 2.5 per 100 live births in Guyana and 1.6 per 100 live births in Suriname, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guyana, by 0.9 per 100 live births, or 1.59 times that in Suriname.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Guyana vs Suriname: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 2.5 per 100 live births in Guyana and 1.6 per 100 live births in Suriname, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Guyana, by 0.9 per 100 live births, or 1.59 times that in Suriname.
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What the numbers say

  • Guyana has been higher since 1983, when it overtook Suriname.
  • In 2024, Guyana ranked 65 and Suriname ranked 94 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearGuyanaSurinameWorld
20242.51.63.7
20232.61.63.8
20222.71.74
20212.81.74
20202.91.83.9
201931.84
20183.11.94
20173.124.1
20163.224.2
20153.32.14.3
20143.42.14.4
20133.52.24.5
20123.62.24.7
20113.72.35
20103.82.35.1
20093.82.45.3
20083.92.45.5
200742.55.7
20064.12.66
20054.22.76.2
20044.32.76.6
20034.32.86.8
20024.52.97.1
20014.637.4
20004.73.17.7
19994.83.27.9
19984.93.38.3
19975.13.58.4
19965.23.68.6
19955.33.78.8
19945.53.98.9
19935.749.1
19925.84.29.2
199164.39.3
19906.14.59.4
19896.34.69.5
19886.44.810
19876.659.9
19866.75.110.3
19856.85.310.6
19846.85.510.9
19836.95.711.1
198277.211.2
19817–11.6
19807.1–11.9
19797.1–11.9
19787.2–12.3
19777.2–12.6
19767.3–12.8
19757.3–13.1
19747.3–13.3
19737.4–13.5
19727.4–13.7
19717.4–13.9
19707.4–14.2
19697.4–14.6
19687.5–15
19677.6–15.3
19667.7–15.1
19657.8–15.1
19648–15.7
19638.2–16.2
19628.5–17
19618.9–18.8
19609.3–20.2
19599.7–19.9
195810.2–19.7
195710.8–20.5
195611.4–21.3
195512–22.3
195412.7–22.8
195313.4–23.3
195214.1–23.9
195114.8–24.3
195015.5–24.7
194916.3–24.9
194812.2–24.9
194712.2–25.5
194612.6–25.8
194515.1–26.7
194421.7–27.4
194322.6–27.7
194214.4–27.9
194112.1–27.8
194015.7–27.9
193918.7–28
193827–28.7
193718.8–28.8
193618.7–29.1
193519–29.5
193427.3–30.7
193325–30.5
193222.2–30.7
193122.2–31.4
193023.5–31.6
192923.5–32
192830.1–31.9
192725.7–31.9
192625.9–32.7
192525.2–32.4
192426.9–33.1
192328.8–33.1
192230.2–33.2
192131.7–34.2
192023.9–34.4
191930.1–35.7
191836.3–37.6
191732.4–35.3
191630.9–35.1
191529.9–35.3
191427.6–35.4
191329.1–35.1
191230.9–35.5
191137.2–36
191038.2–36.4
190934–36.6
190832.2–37.2
190741.6–37.4
190632.7–38.1
190530.4–38.8
190432.7–38.9
190333.3–39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

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Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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