Ghana vs Tanzania: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Ghana
39.8 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Tanzania
40.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ghana rank
50th
Tanzania rank
47th
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Ghana
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania 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.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.
Ghana ranks 50th and Tanzania ranks 47th of 197 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 213.85 per 1,000 live births | 239.04 per 1,000 live births | 25.19 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 196.37 per 1,000 live births | 206.52 per 1,000 live births | 10.15 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 161.86 per 1,000 live births | 183.7 per 1,000 live births | 21.84 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 122.81 per 1,000 live births | 161.6 per 1,000 live births | 38.79 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 91.05 per 1,000 live births | 102.74 per 1,000 live births | 11.69 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 59.7 per 1,000 live births | 60.51 per 1,000 live births | 0.81 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 42.98 per 1,000 live births | 44.04 per 1,000 live births | 1.06 per 1,000 live births | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Ghana or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, 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 Tanzania?
- 0.7 per 1,000 live births, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Tanzania?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Tanzania rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Ghana ranks 50th and Tanzania 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.