What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Ghana and Laos?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Ghana ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Laos?

47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Laos: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)

Ghana

30.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Laos

30.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ghana rank

51st

Laos rank

52nd

Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) over time

Ghana
Laos

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 30.7 per 1,000 live births against 30.6 per 1,000 live births in Laos, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 47 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Laos ahead.

Ghana ranks 51st and Laos ranks 52nd of 197 countries.

Laos has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1970s	98.65 per 1,000 live births	144.5 per 1,000 live births	45.85 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1980s	91.03 per 1,000 live births	133.24 per 1,000 live births	42.21 per 1,000 live births	Laos
1990s	74.29 per 1,000 live births	107.5 per 1,000 live births	33.21 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2000s	59.94 per 1,000 live births	75.51 per 1,000 live births	15.57 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2010s	43.23 per 1,000 live births	46.49 per 1,000 live births	3.26 per 1,000 live births	Laos
2020s	32.9 per 1,000 live births	33.12 per 1,000 live births	0.22 per 1,000 live births	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Ghana or Laos?: Ghana, at 30.7 per 1,000 live births against 30.6 per 1,000 live births in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Ghana and Laos?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Laos?: 47 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Laos rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?: Ghana ranks 51st and Laos 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, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.