What is the difference in child mortality rate between Dominica and Ghana?

0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Ghana?

55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.

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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominica vs Ghana: Child mortality rate

Dominica

3.57 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ghana

3.59 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Dominica rank

52nd

Ghana rank

51st

Child mortality rate over time

Dominica
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 3.59 deaths per 100 live births against 3.57 deaths per 100 live births in Dominica, a difference of 0.02 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 55 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Dominica ranks 52nd and Ghana ranks 51st of 199 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominica	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3.96 deaths per 100 live births	18.82 deaths per 100 live births	14.85 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
1980s	2.15 deaths per 100 live births	15.43 deaths per 100 live births	13.28 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
1990s	1.85 deaths per 100 live births	11.54 deaths per 100 live births	9.69 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
2000s	2.15 deaths per 100 live births	8.41 deaths per 100 live births	6.26 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
2010s	2.88 deaths per 100 live births	5.44 deaths per 100 live births	2.55 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana
2020s	3.49 deaths per 100 live births	3.88 deaths per 100 live births	0.3976 deaths per 100 live births	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Dominica or Ghana?: Ghana, at 3.59 deaths per 100 live births against 3.57 deaths per 100 live births in Dominica as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Dominica and Ghana?: 0.02 deaths per 100 live births, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Ghana?: 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Dominica and Ghana rank globally for child mortality rate?: Dominica ranks 52nd and Ghana ranks 51st 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Child mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,614 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .