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Guinea-Bissau — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Guinea-Bissau, 1985–2024.
Latest value · 2024
42.1
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -68.3% since 1985
Infant mortality for Guinea-Bissau was 42.1 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 40 years, from 1985 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 132.6 in 1985. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.90% per year.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 25 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 38.0, so Guinea-Bissau sits above it. It peaked in 1985 and has fallen 68% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
42.1
First (1985)
132.6
Change
-68.3%
Highest
132.6
in 1985
Lowest
42.1
in 2024
Average
86.1
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.90%
Years of data
40
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 42.1 |
| 2023 | 43.4 |
| 2022 | 44.7 |
| 2021 | 45.9 |
| 2020 | 47.2 |
| 2019 | 48.6 |
| 2018 | 50.1 |
| 2017 | 51.7 |
| 2016 | 53.4 |
| 2015 | 55.2 |
| 2014 | 57.1 |
| 2013 | 59.3 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.