Ghana vs Rwanda: Number of child deaths per woman
Ghana
0.1281 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Rwanda
0.1264 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Ghana rank
44th
Rwanda rank
45th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Ghana
- Rwanda
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1264 under-five deaths per woman in Rwanda, a difference of 0.0017 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1954 it was Rwanda ahead.
Ghana ranks 44th and Rwanda ranks 45th of 200 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 1 and Rwanda in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.5 under-five deaths per woman | 1.94 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4424 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1960s | 1.41 under-five deaths per woman | 1.73 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3192 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 1.28 under-five deaths per woman | 1.95 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6751 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 0.9611 under-five deaths per woman | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3692 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 0.6003 under-five deaths per woman | 1.37 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7669 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 0.3826 under-five deaths per woman | 0.6518 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2692 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 0.2181 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2087 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0094 under-five deaths per woman | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.14 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1425 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0025 under-five deaths per woman | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Ghana or Rwanda?
- Ghana, at 0.1281 under-five deaths per woman against 0.1264 under-five deaths per woman in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Ghana and Rwanda?
- 0.0017 under-five deaths per woman, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Rwanda?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1954 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Rwanda rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Ghana ranks 44th and Rwanda ranks 45th 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).