Male life expectancy — all countries

Male life expectancy — Ghana

Male life expectancy in Ghana in 2024 — 63.31 years. Ranked 188 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 40.6%.

2024 63.31 years +0.29% vs 2023
World rank 188of 217
Period maximum 63.31 years2024
Period minimum 45.02 years1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · years

Male life expectancy — Ghana, 1960–2024455055606519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 45.02 years1962: 45.42 years1964: 45.62 years1966: 45.68 years1968: 45.75 years1970: 45.89 years1972: 46.31 years1974: 47.04 years1976: 47.89 years1978: 48.65 years1980: 49.26 years1982: 49.66 years1984: 50.44 years1986: 51.5 years1988: 52.74 years1990: 53.95 years1992: 54.81 years1994: 55.04 years1996: 55.85 years1998: 56.38 years2000: 56.93 years2002: 57.46 years2004: 58.01 years2006: 58.69 years2008: 59.19 years2010: 59.79 years2012: 60.31 years2014: 60.99 years2016: 61.63 years2018: 62.16 years2020: 62.03 years2022: 62.95 years2024: 63.31 years
Change over the period: +18.29 (+40.62%) Average annual rate: 0.53 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 63.31 years
World 71.12 years
Sub-Saharan Africa 60.68 years
Western Africa computed 57.74 years
Lower-middle-income countries computed 68.21 years
Male life expectancy — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year years Change Change, %
2024 63.31 +0.18 +0.29%
2023 63.13 +0.18 +0.29%
2022 62.95 +0.85 +1.36%
2021 62.11 +0.08 +0.13%
2020 62.03 −0.36 −0.58%
2019 62.39 +0.23 +0.37%
2018 62.16 +0.25 +0.4%
2017 61.91 +0.28 +0.45%
2016 61.63 +0.31 +0.51%
2015 61.32 +0.33 +0.54%
2014 60.99 +0.34 +0.56%
2013 60.65 +0.34 +0.57%
2012 60.31 +0.33 +0.54%
2011 59.98 +0.19 +0.32%
2010 59.79 +0.28 +0.48%
2009 59.51 +0.31 +0.53%
2008 59.19 +0.23 +0.38%
2007 58.97 +0.28 +0.47%
2006 58.69 +0.34 +0.58%
2005 58.35 +0.34 +0.59%
2004 58.01 +0.27 +0.47%
2003 57.74 +0.28 +0.49%
2002 57.46 +0.28 +0.49%
2001 57.18 +0.25 +0.44%
2000 56.93 +0.29 +0.51%
1999 56.64 +0.26 +0.46%
1998 56.38 +0.26 +0.46%
1997 56.12 +0.28 +0.5%
1996 55.85 +0.29 +0.52%
1995 55.56 +0.52 +0.94%
1994 55.04 −0.09 −0.16%
1993 55.13 +0.32 +0.58%
1992 54.81 +0.43 +0.78%
1991 54.38 +0.43 +0.81%
1990 53.95 +0.57 +1.07%
1989 53.38 +0.63 +1.2%
1988 52.74 +0.63 +1.21%
1987 52.11 +0.61 +1.19%
1986 51.5 +0.59 +1.15%
1985 50.91 +0.47 +0.93%
1984 50.44 +0.43 +0.87%
1983 50.01 +0.35 +0.7%
1982 49.66 +0.13 +0.26%
1981 49.53 +0.27 +0.55%
1980 49.26 +0.27 +0.56%
1979 48.99 +0.34 +0.7%
1978 48.65 +0.39 +0.8%
1977 48.26 +0.37 +0.78%
1976 47.89 +0.43 +0.91%
1975 47.46 +0.41 +0.88%
1974 47.04 +0.42 +0.9%
1973 46.62 +0.31 +0.67%
1972 46.31 +0.33 +0.72%
1971 45.98 +0.09 +0.2%
1970 45.89 +0.08 +0.17%
1969 45.81 +0.06 +0.13%
1968 45.75 +0.04 +0.08%
1967 45.71 +0.03 +0.07%
1966 45.68 +0.01 +0.03%
1965 45.67 +0.05 +0.11%
1964 45.62 +0.07 +0.15%
1963 45.55 +0.13 +0.28%
1962 45.42 +0.22 +0.5%
1961 45.2 +0.17 +0.38%
1960 45.02

About the indicator

Life expectancy at birth for men. Men live shorter lives than women in practically every country in the world, and this is one of the most stable differences in all of demography — but the size of the gap varies severalfold: from two or three years in South Asia to ten and more in Eastern Europe, where excess male mortality at working ages is especially large.

Important: The aggregate for country groups is weighted by the male population rather than by the whole population: the share of men across countries ranges from 48 to 70 percent, and in countries with heavy labor migration the difference is substantial.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.