Gabon vs Ghana: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Gabon
28.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana
31.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Gabon rank
56th
Ghana rank
53rd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Gabon
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 31.8 per 1,000 live births against 28.9 per 1,000 live births in Gabon, a difference of 2.9 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gabon ahead.
Gabon ranks 56th 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 | Gabon | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180.02 per 1,000 live births | 194.31 per 1,000 live births | 14.29 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1970s | 126.88 per 1,000 live births | 179.5 per 1,000 live births | 52.62 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1980s | 89.57 per 1,000 live births | 146.3 per 1,000 live births | 56.73 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1990s | 72.47 per 1,000 live births | 107.51 per 1,000 live births | 35.04 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2000s | 58.47 per 1,000 live births | 76.79 per 1,000 live births | 18.32 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2010s | 40.56 per 1,000 live births | 48.77 per 1,000 live births | 8.21 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 30.76 per 1,000 live births | 34.48 per 1,000 live births | 3.72 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, Gabon or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 31.8 per 1,000 live births against 28.9 per 1,000 live births in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Gabon and Ghana?
- 2.9 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, under-5, female?
- Gabon ranks 56th 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
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.