Botswana vs Ghana: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Botswana
29.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana
31.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Botswana rank
55th
Ghana rank
53rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Botswana
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 31.8 per 1,000 live births against 29.6 per 1,000 live births in Botswana, a difference of 2.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

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

Botswana ranks 55th and Ghana ranks 53rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Ghana Difference Ahead
1960s 139.36 per 1,000 live births 194.31 per 1,000 live births 54.95 per 1,000 live births Ghana
1970s 94.53 per 1,000 live births 179.5 per 1,000 live births 84.97 per 1,000 live births Ghana
1980s 53.14 per 1,000 live births 146.3 per 1,000 live births 93.16 per 1,000 live births Ghana
1990s 60.77 per 1,000 live births 107.51 per 1,000 live births 46.74 per 1,000 live births Ghana
2000s 66.83 per 1,000 live births 76.79 per 1,000 live births 9.96 per 1,000 live births Ghana
2010s 43.55 per 1,000 live births 48.77 per 1,000 live births 5.22 per 1,000 live births Ghana
2020s 31.88 per 1,000 live births 34.48 per 1,000 live births 2.6 per 1,000 live births Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Botswana or Ghana?
Ghana, at 31.8 per 1,000 live births against 29.6 per 1,000 live births in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Botswana and Ghana?
2.2 per 1,000 live births, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Ghana?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Ghana rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Botswana ranks 55th and Ghana ranks 53rd 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, under-5, female (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

Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.