Eritrea vs Ghana: Number of child deaths per woman
Eritrea
0.1238 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ghana
0.1281 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Eritrea rank
47th
Ghana rank
44th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Eritrea
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1238 under-five deaths per woman in Eritrea, a difference of 0.0043 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1969 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 47th and Ghana ranks 44th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 4 and Ghana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.42 under-five deaths per woman | 1.42 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0066 under-five deaths per woman | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 1.41 under-five deaths per woman | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1342 under-five deaths per woman | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.9611 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4118 under-five deaths per woman | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 0.7295 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6003 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1292 under-five deaths per woman | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 0.3526 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3826 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0299 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.2031 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2181 under-five deaths per woman | 0.015 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.1381 under-five deaths per woman | 0.14 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0019 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Eritrea or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1238 under-five deaths per woman in Eritrea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Eritrea and Ghana?
- 0.0043 under-five deaths per woman, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Ghana?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1969 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Ghana rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Eritrea ranks 47th and Ghana ranks 44th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).