Ghana vs Tanzania: Infant mortality rate by sex
Ghana
2.41 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
2.57 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
52nd
Tanzania rank
49th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Ghana
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 2.57 deaths per 100 live births against 2.41 deaths per 100 live births in Ghana, a difference of 0.16 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 52nd and Tanzania ranks 49th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12.12 deaths per 100 live births | 11.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6402 deaths per 100 live births | Ghana |
| 1960s | 11.01 deaths per 100 live births | 11.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2377 deaths per 100 live births | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 9.52 deaths per 100 live births | 10.29 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7671 deaths per 100 live births | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 7.74 deaths per 100 live births | 10.17 deaths per 100 live births | 2.43 deaths per 100 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 6.15 deaths per 100 live births | 9.5 deaths per 100 live births | 3.35 deaths per 100 live births | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 4.84 deaths per 100 live births | 6.1 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 3.43 deaths per 100 live births | 3.73 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2929 deaths per 100 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 2.59 deaths per 100 live births | 2.76 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1749 deaths per 100 live births | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Ghana or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 2.57 deaths per 100 live births against 2.41 deaths per 100 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Ghana and Tanzania?
- 0.16 deaths per 100 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Tanzania?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Tanzania rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Ghana ranks 52nd and Tanzania ranks 49th 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 Infant 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 one year, per 100 live births .