Ghana vs Papua New Guinea: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Ghana
0.1281 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.1304 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ghana rank
44th
Papua New Guinea rank
43rd
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Ghana
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.1304 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman in Ghana, a difference of 0.0023 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Ghana ranks 44th and Papua New Guinea ranks 43rd of 200 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 8 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1.67 under-five deaths per woman | 1.72 under-five deaths per woman | 0.051 under-five deaths per woman | Papua New Guinea |
| 1950s | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1751 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 1960s | 1.41 under-five deaths per woman | 1.06 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3485 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 1970s | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7555 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5224 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.9611 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5228 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4383 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.6003 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3873 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2131 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.3826 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2825 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.2181 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1915 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0266 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.14 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1387 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0013 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Ghana or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.1304 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0023 under-five deaths per woman, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Ghana ranks 44th and Papua New Guinea ranks 43rd 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 Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).