Ghana vs Rwanda: Mortality rate, infant, male
Ghana
30.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Rwanda
32.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
51st
Rwanda rank
49th
Mortality rate, infant, male over time
- Ghana
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.7 per 1,000 live births in Ghana, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 51st and Rwanda ranks 49th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126.87 per 1,000 live births | 122.36 per 1,000 live births | 4.51 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1970s | 110.23 per 1,000 live births | 131.78 per 1,000 live births | 21.55 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 91.03 per 1,000 live births | 101.41 per 1,000 live births | 10.38 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 74.29 per 1,000 live births | 129.52 per 1,000 live births | 55.23 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 59.94 per 1,000 live births | 76.65 per 1,000 live births | 16.71 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 43.23 per 1,000 live births | 38.69 per 1,000 live births | 4.54 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 32.9 per 1,000 live births | 33.42 per 1,000 live births | 0.52 per 1,000 live births | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Ghana or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 30.7 per 1,000 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Ghana and Rwanda?
- 1.6 per 1,000 live births, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Rwanda?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Rwanda rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
- Ghana ranks 51st and Rwanda ranks 49th 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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About this data
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.