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

Zimbabwe, at 31,802 deaths against 31,720 deaths in Ghana as of 2024.

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

82 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.

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

66 years are reported by both, from 1959 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 Zimbabwe: Number of child deaths

Ghana

31,720 deaths

in 2024

Zimbabwe

31,802 deaths

in 2024

Ghana rank

36th

Zimbabwe rank

35th

Number of child deaths over time

Ghana
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 31,802 deaths against 31,720 deaths in Ghana, a difference of 82 deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1950s	68,513 deaths	26,019 deaths	42,494 deaths	Ghana
1960s	74,390 deaths	26,632 deaths	47,758 deaths	Ghana
1970s	83,178 deaths	31,817 deaths	51,362 deaths	Ghana
1980s	84,972 deaths	33,014 deaths	51,958 deaths	Ghana
1990s	72,445 deaths	35,286 deaths	37,158 deaths	Ghana
2000s	61,422 deaths	40,439 deaths	20,983 deaths	Ghana
2010s	46,430 deaths	31,471 deaths	14,959 deaths	Ghana
2020s	33,995 deaths	30,745 deaths	3,249 deaths	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of child deaths, Ghana or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 31,802 deaths against 31,720 deaths in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of child deaths between Ghana and Zimbabwe?: 82 deaths, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Zimbabwe?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
How do Ghana and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of child deaths?: Ghana ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 35th 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 .