Ghana vs Myanmar: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Ghana
39.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Myanmar
40.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
50th
Myanmar rank
47th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Ghana
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 40.5 per 1,000 live births against 39.8 per 1,000 live births in Ghana, a difference of 0.7 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 50th and Myanmar ranks 47th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 6 and Myanmar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 212.6 per 1,000 live births | 186.8 per 1,000 live births | 25.8 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1970s | 196.37 per 1,000 live births | 165.65 per 1,000 live births | 30.72 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1980s | 161.86 per 1,000 live births | 135.43 per 1,000 live births | 26.43 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 1990s | 122.81 per 1,000 live births | 110.22 per 1,000 live births | 12.59 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2000s | 91.05 per 1,000 live births | 87.07 per 1,000 live births | 3.98 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2010s | 59.7 per 1,000 live births | 56.96 per 1,000 live births | 2.74 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 42.98 per 1,000 live births | 43.4 per 1,000 live births | 0.42 per 1,000 live births | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Ghana or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 40.5 per 1,000 live births against 39.8 per 1,000 live births in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Ghana and Myanmar?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Myanmar?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Myanmar rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Ghana ranks 50th and Myanmar ranks 47th 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.