Ghana vs Senegal: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Ghana
31.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Senegal
32.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
53rd
Senegal rank
52nd
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Ghana
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 31.8 per 1,000 live births in Ghana, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Ghana ranks 53rd and Senegal ranks 52nd 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 | 194.31 per 1,000 live births | 291.25 per 1,000 live births | 96.94 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1970s | 179.5 per 1,000 live births | 248.58 per 1,000 live births | 69.08 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1980s | 146.3 per 1,000 live births | 165.55 per 1,000 live births | 19.25 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1990s | 107.51 per 1,000 live births | 128.75 per 1,000 live births | 21.24 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2000s | 76.79 per 1,000 live births | 88.01 per 1,000 live births | 11.22 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2010s | 48.77 per 1,000 live births | 48.31 per 1,000 live births | 0.46 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 34.48 per 1,000 live births | 35.7 per 1,000 live births | 1.22 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Ghana or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 32.3 per 1,000 live births against 31.8 per 1,000 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Ghana and Senegal?
- 0.5 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, under-5, female?
- Ghana ranks 53rd and Senegal ranks 52nd 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.