Ghana vs Kenya: Number of child deaths per woman
Ghana
0.1281 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Kenya
0.1329 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ghana rank
44th
Kenya rank
42nd
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Ghana
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman in Ghana, a difference of 0.0048 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.
Ghana ranks 44th and Kenya ranks 42nd of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 7 and Kenya in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.55 under-five deaths per woman | 1.96 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4072 under-five deaths per woman | Kenya |
| 1960s | 1.41 under-five deaths per woman | 1.36 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0577 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 1970s | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 1.05 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2321 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 1980s | 0.9611 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7016 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2595 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.6003 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5834 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0169 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.3826 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3617 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0209 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.2181 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1853 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0328 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.14 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1388 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0013 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, Ghana or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Ghana and Kenya?
- 0.0048 under-five deaths per woman, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Kenya?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Kenya rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Ghana ranks 44th and Kenya ranks 42nd 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).