Congo vs Ghana: Mortality rate, infant, female
Congo
24 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana
24.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Congo rank
53rd
Ghana rank
52nd
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Congo
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 24.1 per 1,000 live births against 24 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Congo ranks 53rd and Ghana ranks 52nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 1 and Ghana in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.01 per 1,000 live births | 110.11 per 1,000 live births | 32.1 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1970s | 63.12 per 1,000 live births | 95.2 per 1,000 live births | 32.08 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1980s | 53.28 per 1,000 live births | 77.39 per 1,000 live births | 24.11 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1990s | 59.94 per 1,000 live births | 61.54 per 1,000 live births | 1.6 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2000s | 53.13 per 1,000 live births | 48.39 per 1,000 live births | 4.74 per 1,000 live births | Congo |
| 2010s | 32.36 per 1,000 live births | 34.33 per 1,000 live births | 1.97 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 25.48 per 1,000 live births | 25.88 per 1,000 live births | 0.4 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Congo or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 24.1 per 1,000 live births against 24 per 1,000 live births in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Congo and Ghana?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Ghana?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Ghana rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Congo ranks 53rd and Ghana ranks 52nd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.