Ghana vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
Ghana
27.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
28.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
52nd
Tanzania rank
50th
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- Ghana
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 28.7 per 1,000 live births against 27.5 per 1,000 live births in Ghana, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 52nd and Tanzania ranks 50th of 197 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118.74 per 1,000 live births | 119.75 per 1,000 live births | 1.01 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 102.93 per 1,000 live births | 110.02 per 1,000 live births | 7.09 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 84.38 per 1,000 live births | 107.55 per 1,000 live births | 23.17 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 68.08 per 1,000 live births | 100.24 per 1,000 live births | 32.16 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 54.3 per 1,000 live births | 65.77 per 1,000 live births | 11.47 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 38.9 per 1,000 live births | 41.31 per 1,000 live births | 2.41 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 29.5 per 1,000 live births | 30.92 per 1,000 live births | 1.42 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Ghana or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 28.7 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 Tanzania?
- 1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Tanzania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- Ghana ranks 52nd and Tanzania ranks 50th 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.