Dominican Republic vs Ghana: Mortality rate, infant, female
Dominican Republic
25.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana
24.1 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Dominican Republic rank
50th
Ghana rank
52nd
Mortality rate, infant, female over time
- Dominican Republic
- Ghana
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 24.1 per 1,000 live births in Ghana, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 50th and Ghana ranks 52nd of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 1 and Ghana in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.17 per 1,000 live births | 110.11 per 1,000 live births | 14.94 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1970s | 74.92 per 1,000 live births | 95.2 per 1,000 live births | 20.28 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1980s | 52.9 per 1,000 live births | 77.39 per 1,000 live births | 24.49 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1990s | 37.12 per 1,000 live births | 61.54 per 1,000 live births | 24.42 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2000s | 28.68 per 1,000 live births | 48.39 per 1,000 live births | 19.71 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2010s | 28.14 per 1,000 live births | 34.33 per 1,000 live births | 6.19 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 26.44 per 1,000 live births | 25.88 per 1,000 live births | 0.56 per 1,000 live births | Dominican Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, female, Dominican Republic or Ghana?
- Dominican Republic, at 25.2 per 1,000 live births against 24.1 per 1,000 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, female between Dominican Republic and Ghana?
- 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Ghana?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Dominican Republic and Ghana rank globally for mortality rate, infant, female?
- Dominican Republic ranks 50th 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.