Dominica vs Guyana: Number of child deaths per woman
Dominica
0.0549 under-five deaths per woman
in 2021
Guyana
0.0587 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Dominica rank
71st
Guyana rank
68th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Dominica
- Guyana
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 0.0587 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0549 under-five deaths per woman in Dominica, a difference of 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Guyana's figure about 1.1 times Dominica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Dominica ahead.
Dominica ranks 71st and Guyana ranks 68th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Dominica averaged higher in 1 and Guyana in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | Guyana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5083 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4856 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0227 under-five deaths per woman | Dominica |
| 1970s | 0.159 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3372 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1782 under-five deaths per woman | Guyana |
| 1980s | 0.0639 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2314 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1676 under-five deaths per woman | Guyana |
| 1990s | 0.0512 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1666 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1154 under-five deaths per woman | Guyana |
| 2000s | 0.0467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.121 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0743 under-five deaths per woman | Guyana |
| 2010s | 0.0497 under-five deaths per woman | 0.086 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0363 under-five deaths per woman | Guyana |
| 2020s | 0.0544 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0679 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0135 under-five deaths per woman | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Dominica or Guyana?
- Guyana, at 0.0587 under-five deaths per woman against 0.0549 under-five deaths per woman in Dominica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Dominica and Guyana?
- 0.0038 under-five deaths per woman, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Guyana?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Dominica and Guyana rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Dominica ranks 71st and Guyana ranks 68th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).