Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Ghana or Zimbabwe?

Zimbabwe, at 16,739 deaths against 16,118 deaths in Ghana as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Ghana and Zimbabwe?

621 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Zimbabwe?

59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Zimbabwe: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Ghana

16,118 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

16,739 deaths

in 2024

Ghana rank

31st

Zimbabwe rank

29th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Ghana
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 16,739 deaths against 16,118 deaths in Ghana, a difference of 621 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 31st and Zimbabwe ranks 29th of 199 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	24,252 deaths	7,354 deaths	16,898 deaths	Ghana
1970s	26,070 deaths	9,793 deaths	16,277 deaths	Ghana
1980s	27,376 deaths	10,631 deaths	16,745 deaths	Ghana
1990s	25,079 deaths	7,635 deaths	17,443 deaths	Ghana
2000s	24,522 deaths	11,477 deaths	13,044 deaths	Ghana
2010s	21,623 deaths	13,828 deaths	7,796 deaths	Ghana
2020s	16,959 deaths	16,119 deaths	840 deaths	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Ghana or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 16,739 deaths against 16,118 deaths in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Ghana and Zimbabwe?: 621 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Zimbabwe?: 59 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Ghana ranks 31st and Zimbabwe ranks 29th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .