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Mortality in Guinea, by the numbers

Guinea sits in Sub-Saharan Africa. A newborn there can expect about 60.9 years of life, 206th of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Guinea, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
60.9 yrs
206th of 212
Infant mortality
59.8 /1,000
6th highest of 192
Life-expectancy gap (F−M)
2.4 yrs
8th lowest of 212

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Guinea ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 60.9 yrs 206 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 12.7 /1,000 28 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 9.0 /1,000 59 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 16.3 yrs 142 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 33.3 /1,000 170 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 2.4 yrs 205 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 72.8 men/100 women 54 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 59.8 /1,000 6 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 494 /100k 9 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 23.6 % 40 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 4.8 /100k 124 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 29.7 /100k 25 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 5.3 % 125 of 143 2009
Recorded alcohol per adult 0.5 L 158 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 3.5 % 174 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $59 165 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $1,695 178 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Guinea's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 6th highest infant mortality in the world (59.8 /1,000) and the 8th lowest life-expectancy gap in the world (2.4 yrs). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Guinea; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.