What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Ghana?

119,657, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Ghana?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Ghana: Number of neonatal deaths

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

135,775

in 2024

Ghana

16,118

in 2024

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

29th

Ghana rank

31st

Number of neonatal deaths over time

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Ghana

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 135,775 against 16,118 in Ghana, a difference of 119,657.

That makes East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 8.4 times Ghana's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th and Ghana ranks 31st of 47 groups.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1990s	841,790	25,079	816,711	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s	470,707	24,522	446,186	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s	268,814	21,623	247,190	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
2020s	151,897	16,959	134,938	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal deaths, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Ghana?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), at 135,775 against 16,118 in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal deaths between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Ghana?: 119,657, with East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Ghana?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Ghana rank globally for number of neonatal deaths?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 29th and Ghana ranks 31st of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Number of neonatal deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal deaths
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 11,580 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age.