Mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births fell 3.66% to 44.7 in Ghana in 2020, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Ghana reached an all time high of 208 in 1960 and an all time low of 44.7 in 2020. When compared to Ghana's main peers, mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births in Benin amounted to 85.9, 77.9 in Ivory Coast and 64.4 in Togo in 2020.
Ghana has been ranked 39th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of mortality rate, under 5 years per 1,000 live births.
| Mortality Rate, Under 5 Years (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Benin | 99.8 | 97.6 | 95.4 | 93.2 | 90.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 105 | 101 | 97.5 | 94.1 | 90.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 57.1 | 54.6 | 52.2 | 50.1 | 48.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 109 | 107 | 105 | 103 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 93.6 | 90.8 | 88.4 | 86.0 | 83.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 92.1 | 88.3 | 86.1 | 84.3 | 82.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 112 | 108 | 105 | 101 | 97.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 98.0 | 93.8 | 90.1 | 86.6 | 83.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 128 | 126 | 125 | 123 | 120 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 78.3 | 75.9 | 73.4 | 71.1 | 68.8 |
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