Ghana vs Madagascar: Mortality rates at age 25
Ghana
0.4301 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Madagascar
0.4151 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Ghana rank
17th
Madagascar rank
20th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Ghana
- Madagascar
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.4301 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.4151 deaths per 1,000 people in Madagascar, a difference of 0.015 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.
Ghana ranks 17th and Madagascar ranks 20th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.836 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.07 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2309 deaths per 1,000 people | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 0.7851 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.9108 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1258 deaths per 1,000 people | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 0.7451 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.766 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0209 deaths per 1,000 people | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 0.6549 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.698 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0431 deaths per 1,000 people | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 0.5487 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6095 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0608 deaths per 1,000 people | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.5083 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4691 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0392 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.4649 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4203 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0446 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.4343 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4086 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0257 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Ghana or Madagascar?
- Ghana, at 0.4301 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.4151 deaths per 1,000 people in Madagascar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Ghana and Madagascar?
- 0.015 deaths per 1,000 people, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Ghana ranks 17th and Madagascar ranks 20th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.