Ghana vs Senegal: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Ghana
39.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Senegal
40.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
50th
Senegal rank
47th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Ghana
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal 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 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Ghana ranks 50th and Senegal ranks 47th 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 | 213.85 per 1,000 live births | 299.93 per 1,000 live births | 86.08 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1970s | 196.37 per 1,000 live births | 259.16 per 1,000 live births | 62.79 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1980s | 161.86 per 1,000 live births | 180.88 per 1,000 live births | 19.02 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 1990s | 122.81 per 1,000 live births | 143.14 per 1,000 live births | 20.33 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2000s | 91.05 per 1,000 live births | 100.28 per 1,000 live births | 9.23 per 1,000 live births | Senegal |
| 2010s | 59.7 per 1,000 live births | 58.64 per 1,000 live births | 1.06 per 1,000 live births | Ghana |
| 2020s | 42.98 per 1,000 live births | 44.54 per 1,000 live births | 1.56 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, male, Ghana or Senegal?
- Senegal, 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 Senegal?
- 0.7 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, male?
- Ghana ranks 50th and Senegal 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.