Ghana's life expectancy rose from 56.7 yrs in 1995 to 65.7 yrs in 2024.
Ghana · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Ghana's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 51.7 yrs in 2000 to 57.9 yrs in 2021.
Ghana's infant mortality fell from 67.8 ‰ in 1995 to 27.5 ‰ in 2024.
Ghana's under-5 mortality rate fell from 114.4 ‰ in 1995 to 35.9 ‰ in 2024.
Ghana's maternal mortality ratio fell from 670.0 /100k in 1994 to 234.0 /100k in 2023.
Ghana's ncd mortality fell from 24.5 % in 2000 to 22.2 % in 2021.
Ghana's suicide mortality rate rose from 3.4 /100k in 2000 to 5.3 /100k in 2021.
Ghana's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 25.8 /100k in 2000 to 25.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.7 pts177th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)down −14.7 %160th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.6 pts89th of 192
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- Physiciansup +86.0 %50th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesdown −8.0 %36th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −2.8 %130th of 143*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts92nd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts59th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts122nd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.3 %153rd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +1.4 pts117th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.6 pts126th of 141