Ghana vs South Africa: Mortality rates at age 25
Ghana
0.4301 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
South Africa
0.4577 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Ghana rank
17th
South Africa rank
15th
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Ghana
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 0.4577 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.4301 deaths per 1,000 people in Ghana, a difference of 0.0276 deaths per 1,000 people.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was South Africa ahead.
Ghana ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 15th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.836 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7832 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0528 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 1960s | 0.7851 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5771 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.208 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.7451 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4928 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2523 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.6549 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4046 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2504 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.5487 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4639 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0848 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.5083 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.7427 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2344 deaths per 1,000 people | South Africa |
| 2010s | 0.4649 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4647 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0003 deaths per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.4343 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.4515 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0172 deaths per 1,000 people | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Ghana or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 0.4577 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.4301 deaths per 1,000 people in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Ghana and South Africa?
- 0.0276 deaths per 1,000 people, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South Africa?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and South Africa rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Ghana ranks 17th and South Africa ranks 15th 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.