Ghana vs Malawi: Number of under-five deaths

Ghana
31,720
in 2024
Malawi
32,177
in 2024
Ghana rank
36th
Malawi rank
33rd

Number of under-five deaths over time

  • Ghana
  • Malawi
40.0k60.0k80.0k100.0k120.0k196019922024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 32,177 against 31,720 in Ghana, a difference of 457.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ghana ahead.

Globally, Ghana ranks 36th and Malawi ranks 33rd of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of under-five deaths
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
243 places, 13,069 data points, 1960–2024
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Number of children dying before reaching age five.