Ghana vs Yemen: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Ghana
0.1281 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Yemen
0.1255 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ghana rank
44th
Yemen rank
46th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Ghana
- Yemen
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1255 under-five deaths per woman in Yemen, a difference of 0.0026 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Yemen ahead.
Ghana ranks 44th and Yemen ranks 46th of 200 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.52 under-five deaths per woman | 3.6 under-five deaths per woman | 2.08 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1960s | 1.41 under-five deaths per woman | 3.19 under-five deaths per woman | 1.77 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1970s | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 2.34 under-five deaths per woman | 1.06 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1980s | 0.9611 under-five deaths per woman | 1.43 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4735 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 1990s | 0.6003 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8508 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2505 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 2000s | 0.3826 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4194 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0368 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 2010s | 0.2181 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2182 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0002 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.14 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1461 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0061 under-five deaths per woman | Yemen |
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 Yemen?
- Ghana, at 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1255 under-five deaths per woman in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Ghana and Yemen?
- 0.0026 under-five deaths per woman, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Yemen?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1952 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Yemen rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Ghana ranks 44th and Yemen ranks 46th 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).