Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 3.6 per 100 live births in Ghana and 6.5 per 100 live births in Côte d’Ivoire, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Côte d’Ivoire, by 2.9 per 100 live births, or 1.8 times that in Ghana.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Côte d’Ivoire has been higher since 1986, when it overtook Ghana.
- In 2024, Ghana ranked 51 and Côte d’Ivoire ranked 18 of 200 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Ghana | Côte d’Ivoire | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.6 | 6.5 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 4.4 | 7.5 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4.6 | 7.8 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4.8 | 8.1 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 5 | 8.3 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 5.3 | 8.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 5.5 | 8.9 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 5.8 | 9.2 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 6 | 9.5 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 6.3 | 9.8 | 5 |
| 2010 | 6.7 | 10.2 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10.5 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 7.6 | 11.4 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 7.9 | 11.7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 8.8 | 12.9 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 9.2 | 13.3 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 9.6 | 13.7 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 10 | 14 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 10.4 | 14.4 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 10.7 | 14.6 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 11 | 14.9 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 11.3 | 15.1 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 11.4 | 15.2 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 11.6 | 15.4 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 11.8 | 15.4 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 12 | 15.4 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 12.4 | 15.4 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 12.8 | 15.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 13.3 | 15.3 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 13.8 | 15.3 | 10 |
| 1987 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 15 | 15.4 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 16 | 15.7 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 16.5 | 16.2 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 16.8 | 17 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 17 | 17.5 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 18.7 | 20.5 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 19.6 | 22.2 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 19.9 | 23 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 20.2 | 23.8 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 20.3 | 24.6 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 20.3 | 25.3 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 20.3 | 26 | 15 |
| 1967 | 20.3 | 26.7 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 20.3 | 27.4 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 20.3 | 28.1 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 20.3 | 28.8 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 20.4 | 29.6 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 20.5 | 30.4 | 17 |
| 1961 | 20.7 | 31.1 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 20.9 | 31.9 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 21.1 | 32.8 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | 21.4 | 33.6 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | 21.8 | 34.5 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | 22.2 | 35.3 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | 22.6 | 36.2 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | 23.1 | – | 22.8 |
| 1953 | 23.6 | – | 23.3 |
| 1952 | 24.1 | – | 23.9 |
| 1951 | 24.7 | – | 24.3 |
| 1950 | 25.3 | – | 24.7 |
| 1949 | 25.9 | – | 24.9 |
| 1948 | 26.5 | – | 24.9 |
| 1947 | 27.1 | – | 25.5 |
| 1946 | 27.6 | – | 25.8 |
| 1945 | 28.2 | – | 26.7 |
| 1944 | 28.8 | – | 27.4 |
| 1943 | 29.4 | – | 27.7 |
| 1942 | 30.1 | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | 30.7 | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | 31.4 | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | 32 | – | 28 |
| 1938 | 32.7 | – | 28.7 |
| 1937 | 33.3 | – | 28.8 |
| 1936 | 34 | – | 29.1 |
| 1935 | 34.5 | – | 29.5 |
| 1934 | 35.2 | – | 30.7 |
| 1933 | 35.9 | – | 30.5 |
| 1932 | 36.5 | – | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Ghana vs Côte d’Ivoire
Health
- Life expectancyGhana: 65.5 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 61.9 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityGhana: 30.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 51.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterGhana: 44.5% in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 43.9% in 2022
- DepressionGhana: 3.4% in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 3.34% in 2017
- Suicide rateGhana: 9.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Côte d’Ivoire: 13.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationGhana: 33.8 million people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 31.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthGhana: 1.9% a year in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.45% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateGhana: 3.4 births per woman in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 4.28 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationGhana: 58.9% in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 54.6% in 2025
- Median ageGhana: 20.9 years in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 18.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overGhana: 3.6% in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 2.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateGhana: -0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023Côte d’Ivoire: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingGhana: 0.48% of GDP in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 0.77% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsGhana: $385M in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $721M in 2025
- Military spending per personGhana: $15 in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: $24 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingGhana: 2.4% of government spending in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelGhana: 16,000 people in 2020Côte d’Ivoire: 27,000 people in 2020
- National powerGhana: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Côte d’Ivoire: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersGhana: 0.13% of the labour force in 2020Côte d’Ivoire: 0.25% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsGhana: 5 million TIV in 2025Côte d’Ivoire: 15 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsGhana: 19 million TIV in 2005Côte d’Ivoire: 1 million TIV in 1971