Which has higher number of infant deaths, male, Ghana or South Africa?

South Africa, at 15,705 against 13,875 in Ghana as of 2024.

What is the difference in number of infant deaths, male between Ghana and South Africa?

1,830, with South Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South Africa?

48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of infant deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ghana vs South Africa: Number of infant deaths, male

Ghana

13,875

in 2024

South Africa

15,705

in 2024

Ghana rank

33rd

South Africa rank

31st

Number of infant deaths, male over time

Ghana
South Africa

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 15,705 against 13,875 in Ghana, a difference of 1,830.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1977 it was South Africa ahead.

Ghana ranks 33rd and South Africa ranks 31st of 197 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	South Africa	Difference	Ahead
1970s	24,605	50,737	26,132	South Africa
1980s	26,128	42,653	16,525	South Africa
1990s	23,950	29,197	5,247	South Africa
2000s	22,687	26,753	4,066	South Africa
2010s	18,953	19,275	322.5	South Africa
2020s	14,690	15,769	1,080	South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of infant deaths, male, Ghana or South Africa?: South Africa, at 15,705 against 13,875 in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of infant deaths, male between Ghana and South Africa?: 1,830, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and South Africa?: 48 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2024.
How do Ghana and South Africa rank globally for number of infant deaths, male?: Ghana ranks 33rd and South Africa ranks 31st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org, published as Number of infant deaths, male. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of infant deaths, male
Source: Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 240 places, 13,304 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age.