Eritrea vs Ghana: Child mortality rate by sex
Eritrea
3.02 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ghana
3.18 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Eritrea rank
54th
Ghana rank
53rd
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Eritrea
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 3.18 deaths per 100 live births against 3.02 deaths per 100 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 0.16 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 54th and Ghana ranks 53rd of 199 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.89 deaths per 100 live births | 17 deaths per 100 live births | 2.89 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 19.42 deaths per 100 live births | 14.63 deaths per 100 live births | 4.78 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 11.09 deaths per 100 live births | 10.75 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3413 deaths per 100 live births | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 6.26 deaths per 100 live births | 7.68 deaths per 100 live births | 1.42 deaths per 100 live births | Ghana |
| 2010s | 4.19 deaths per 100 live births | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6892 deaths per 100 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 3.22 deaths per 100 live births | 3.45 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2232 deaths per 100 live births | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Eritrea or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 3.18 deaths per 100 live births against 3.02 deaths per 100 live births in Eritrea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Eritrea and Ghana?
- 0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Ghana?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Ghana rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Eritrea ranks 54th and Ghana ranks 53rd of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .