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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon 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.

Gabon vs Ghana: Mortality rate, infant

Gabon

25.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ghana

27.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Gabon rank

55th

Ghana rank

52nd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Gabon
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 27.5 per 1,000 live births against 25.9 per 1,000 live births in Gabon, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Ghana has been ahead every year.

Gabon ranks 55th and Ghana ranks 52nd of 197 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gabon	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1960s	103.38 per 1,000 live births	118.74 per 1,000 live births	15.36 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
1970s	83.07 per 1,000 live births	102.93 per 1,000 live births	19.86 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
1980s	65.29 per 1,000 live births	84.38 per 1,000 live births	19.09 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
1990s	55.66 per 1,000 live births	68.08 per 1,000 live births	12.42 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2000s	45.07 per 1,000 live births	54.3 per 1,000 live births	9.23 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2010s	34.22 per 1,000 live births	38.9 per 1,000 live births	4.68 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2020s	27.52 per 1,000 live births	29.5 per 1,000 live births	1.98 per 1,000 live births	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Gabon or Ghana?: Ghana, at 27.5 per 1,000 live births against 25.9 per 1,000 live births in Gabon as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Gabon and Ghana?: 1.6 per 1,000 live births, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Ghana?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Gabon and Ghana rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Gabon ranks 55th 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.