Guyana's life expectancy rose from 62.7 yrs in 1995 to 70.3 yrs in 2024.
Guyana · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Guyana's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 55.9 yrs in 2000 to 56.8 yrs in 2021.
Guyana's infant mortality fell from 46.8 ‰ in 1995 to 23.2 ‰ in 2024.
Guyana's under-5 mortality rate fell from 53.4 ‰ in 1995 to 25.2 ‰ in 2024.
Guyana's maternal mortality ratio fell from 204.0 /100k in 1994 to 75.0 /100k in 2023.
Guyana's ncd mortality fell from 32.1 % in 2000 to 25.4 % in 2021.
Guyana's suicide mortality rate fell from 26.7 /100k in 2000 to 24.8 /100k in 2021.
Guyana's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 26.2 /100k in 2000 to 22.3 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.1 pts188th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +11.7 %90th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.2 pts86th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −22.5 %81st of 138*
- Nurses and midwivesup +14.2 %41st of 79
- Hospital bedsup +28.1 %32nd of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts1st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts20th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts125th of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +1.5 %136th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts91st of 148
- Safe sanitationdown −0.0 pts92nd of 141