Ghana vs Senegal: Mortality rate, infant
Ghana
27.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Senegal
28.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
52nd
Senegal rank
49th
Mortality rate, infant over time
- Ghana
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 28.9 per 1,000 live births against 27.5 per 1,000 live births in Ghana, a difference of 1.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Ghana ranks 52nd and Senegal ranks 49th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118.74 per 1,000 live births | 124.63 per 1,000 live births | 5.89 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1970s | 102.93 per 1,000 live births | 112.81 per 1,000 live births | 9.88 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1980s | 84.38 per 1,000 live births | 86.63 per 1,000 live births | 2.25 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1990s | 68.08 per 1,000 live births | 74.96 per 1,000 live births | 6.88 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2000s | 54.3 per 1,000 live births | 56.93 per 1,000 live births | 2.63 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2010s | 38.9 per 1,000 live births | 37.83 per 1,000 live births | 1.07 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 29.5 per 1,000 live births | 31.26 per 1,000 live births | 1.76 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Ghana or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 28.9 per 1,000 live births against 27.5 per 1,000 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Ghana and Senegal?
- 1.4 per 1,000 live births, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Senegal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Senegal rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Ghana ranks 52nd and Senegal 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 (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 is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.