Which has higher number of child deaths, Ghana or Iraq?

Ghana, at 31,720 deaths against 25,396 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of child deaths between Ghana and Iraq?

6,324 deaths, with Ghana ahead.

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

70 years are reported by both, from 1955 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs Iraq: Number of child deaths

Ghana

31,720 deaths

in 2024

Iraq

25,396 deaths

in 2024

Ghana rank

36th

Iraq rank

38th

Number of child deaths over time

Ghana
Iraq

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 31,720 deaths against 25,396 deaths in Iraq, a difference of 6,324 deaths.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Iraq's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 70 shared years of data; in 1955 it was Iraq ahead.

Ghana ranks 36th and Iraq ranks 38th of 199 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1950s	66,210 deaths	57,834 deaths	8,376 deaths	Ghana
1960s	74,390 deaths	49,810 deaths	24,580 deaths	Ghana
1970s	83,178 deaths	43,603 deaths	39,576 deaths	Ghana
1980s	84,972 deaths	39,777 deaths	45,195 deaths	Ghana
1990s	72,445 deaths	40,216 deaths	32,229 deaths	Ghana
2000s	61,422 deaths	37,258 deaths	24,164 deaths	Ghana
2010s	46,430 deaths	33,950 deaths	12,480 deaths	Ghana
2020s	33,995 deaths	26,554 deaths	7,440 deaths	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Ghana or Iraq?: Ghana, at 31,720 deaths against 25,396 deaths in Iraq as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Ghana and Iraq?: 6,324 deaths, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Iraq?: 70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Iraq rank globally for number of child deaths?: Ghana ranks 36th and Iraq ranks 38th 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 child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of 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, 11,992 data points, 1955–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under 5 .