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

0.5 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.

Where does this data come from?

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

Congo vs Ghana: Mortality rate, infant

Congo

27 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ghana

27.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Congo rank

54th

Ghana rank

52nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Congo
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 27.5 per 1,000 live births against 27 per 1,000 live births in Congo, a difference of 0.5 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 54th 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	85.35 per 1,000 live births	118.74 per 1,000 live births	33.39 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
1970s	69.62 per 1,000 live births	102.93 per 1,000 live births	33.31 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
1980s	59.22 per 1,000 live births	84.38 per 1,000 live births	25.16 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
1990s	65.89 per 1,000 live births	68.08 per 1,000 live births	2.19 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2000s	58.25 per 1,000 live births	54.3 per 1,000 live births	3.95 per 1,000 live births	Congo
2010s	36.13 per 1,000 live births	38.9 per 1,000 live births	2.77 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2020s	28.58 per 1,000 live births	29.5 per 1,000 live births	0.92 per 1,000 live births	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Congo or Ghana?: Ghana, at 27.5 per 1,000 live births against 27 per 1,000 live births in Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Congo and Ghana?: 0.5 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?: Congo ranks 54th 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 (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 (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: 20 August 2026

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