Ghana vs Zambia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 3.6 per 100 live births in Ghana and 4.8 per 100 live births in Zambia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Zambia, by 1.3 per 100 live births, or 1.35 times that in Ghana.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Zambia has been higher since 1984, when it overtook Ghana.
In 2024, Ghana ranked 51 and Zambia ranked 32 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	Zambia	World
2024	3.6	4.8	3.7
2023	3.7	4.9	3.8
2022	3.9	5	4
2021	4	5	4
2020	4.2	5.3	3.9
2019	4.4	5.4	4
2018	4.6	5.5	4
2017	4.8	5.5	4.1
2016	5	5.7	4.2
2015	5.3	6	4.3
2014	5.5	6.3	4.4
2013	5.8	6.6	4.5
2012	6	6.9	4.7
2011	6.3	7.2	5
2010	6.7	7.4	5.1
2009	7	7.8	5.3
2008	7.3	8.4	5.5
2007	7.6	8.9	5.7
2006	7.9	9.5	6
2005	8.2	10.3	6.2
2004	8.5	11.2	6.6
2003	8.8	12.2	6.8
2002	9.2	13.3	7.1
2001	9.6	14.3	7.4
2000	10	15.2	7.7
1999	10.4	15.8	7.9
1998	10.7	16.3	8.3
1997	11	16.6	8.4
1996	11.3	16.9	8.6
1995	11.4	17.2	8.8
1994	11.6	17.6	8.9
1993	11.8	17.9	9.1
1992	12	18	9.2
1991	12.4	18.1	9.3
1990	12.8	18.1	9.4
1989	13.3	17.9	9.5
1988	13.8	17.7	10
1987	14.4	17.4	9.9
1986	15	17	10.3
1985	15.5	16.6	10.6
1984	16	16.2	10.9
1983	16.3	15.9	11.1
1982	16.5	15.7	11.2
1981	16.7	15.6	11.6
1980	16.8	15.5	11.9
1979	17	15.4	11.9
1978	17.3	15.4	12.3
1977	17.8	15.4	12.6
1976	18.2	15.4	12.8
1975	18.7	15.6	13.1
1974	19.2	16	13.3
1973	19.6	16.5	13.5
1972	19.9	17	13.7
1971	20.2	17.5	13.9
1970	20.3	18	14.2
1969	20.3	18.4	14.6
1968	20.3	18.6	15
1967	20.3	18.8	15.3
1966	20.3	18.9	15.1
1965	20.3	19	15.1
1964	20.3	19.2	15.7
1963	20.4	19.5	16.2
1962	20.5	19.8	17
1961	20.7	20.1	18.8
1960	20.9	20.5	20.2
1959	21.1	20.9	19.9
1958	21.4	21.3	19.7
1957	21.8	21.7	20.5
1956	22.2	22.1	21.3
1955	22.6	22.5	22.3
1954	23.1	22.9	22.8
1953	23.6	23.4	23.3
1952	24.1	23.8	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

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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.

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