What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Eritrea and Ghana?

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Ghana?

50 years are reported by both, from 1975 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

Eritrea

30.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ghana

31.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eritrea rank

54th

Ghana rank

53rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Eritrea
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 31.8 per 1,000 live births against 30.2 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea, a difference of 1.6 per 1,000 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Eritrea ahead.

Eritrea ranks 54th and Ghana ranks 53rd of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 3 and Ghana in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eritrea	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1970s	198.86 per 1,000 live births	169.94 per 1,000 live births	28.92 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1980s	194.15 per 1,000 live births	146.3 per 1,000 live births	47.85 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
1990s	110.93 per 1,000 live births	107.51 per 1,000 live births	3.42 per 1,000 live births	Eritrea
2000s	62.56 per 1,000 live births	76.79 per 1,000 live births	14.23 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2010s	41.89 per 1,000 live births	48.77 per 1,000 live births	6.88 per 1,000 live births	Ghana
2020s	32.24 per 1,000 live births	34.48 per 1,000 live births	2.24 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, Eritrea or Ghana?: Ghana, at 31.8 per 1,000 live births against 30.2 per 1,000 live births in Eritrea as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Eritrea and Ghana?: 1.6 per 1,000 live births, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Ghana?: 50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Ghana rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Eritrea ranks 54th 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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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: 03 September 2026

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.