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
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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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, male (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, 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.