Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Ghana

Infant mortality rate in Ghana in 2024 — 27.5 per 1,000. Ranked 145 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 77.5%.

2024 27.5 per 1,000 −3.17% vs 2023
World rank 145of 196
Period maximum 122 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 27.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Ghana, 1960–202405010015019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 122 per 1,0001962: 120 per 1,0001964: 118.7 per 1,0001966: 117.8 per 1,0001968: 116.9 per 1,0001970: 114.8 per 1,0001972: 110.8 per 1,0001974: 104.7 per 1,0001976: 98.1 per 1,0001978: 92.6 per 1,0001980: 89.9 per 1,0001982: 88.8 per 1,0001984: 86.9 per 1,0001986: 82.8 per 1,0001988: 77.6 per 1,0001990: 72.7 per 1,0001992: 69.6 per 1,0001994: 68.3 per 1,0001996: 67.3 per 1,0001998: 65.2 per 1,0002000: 61.7 per 1,0002002: 57.8 per 1,0002004: 54.7 per 1,0002006: 52.1 per 1,0002008: 49.2 per 1,0002010: 45.8 per 1,0002012: 42.3 per 1,0002014: 39.3 per 1,0002016: 36.6 per 1,0002018: 34.1 per 1,0002020: 31.7 per 1,0002022: 29.4 per 1,0002024: 27.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −94.5 (−77.46%) Average annual rate: -2.3 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 27.5 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 47.1 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 57.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 28.5 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 27.5 −0.9 −3.17%
2023 28.4 −1 −3.4%
2022 29.4 −1.1 −3.61%
2021 30.5 −1.2 −3.79%
2020 31.7 −1.2 −3.65%
2019 32.9 −1.2 −3.52%
2018 34.1 −1.3 −3.67%
2017 35.4 −1.2 −3.28%
2016 36.6 −1.3 −3.43%
2015 37.9 −1.4 −3.56%
2014 39.3 −1.4 −3.44%
2013 40.7 −1.6 −3.78%
2012 42.3 −1.7 −3.86%
2011 44 −1.8 −3.93%
2010 45.8 −1.7 −3.58%
2009 47.5 −1.7 −3.46%
2008 49.2 −1.5 −2.96%
2007 50.7 −1.4 −2.69%
2006 52.1 −1.3 −2.43%
2005 53.4 −1.3 −2.38%
2004 54.7 −1.5 −2.67%
2003 56.2 −1.6 −2.77%
2002 57.8 −1.9 −3.18%
2001 59.7 −2 −3.24%
2000 61.7 −2 −3.14%
1999 63.7 −1.5 −2.3%
1998 65.2 −1.3 −1.95%
1997 66.5 −0.8 −1.19%
1996 67.3 −0.5 −0.74%
1995 67.8 −0.5 −0.73%
1994 68.3 −0.5 −0.73%
1993 68.8 −0.8 −1.15%
1992 69.6 −1.3 −1.83%
1991 70.9 −1.8 −2.48%
1990 72.7 −2.3 −3.07%
1989 75 −2.6 −3.35%
1988 77.6 −2.7 −3.36%
1987 80.3 −2.5 −3.02%
1986 82.8 −2.3 −2.7%
1985 85.1 −1.8 −2.07%
1984 86.9 −1.2 −1.36%
1983 88.1 −0.7 −0.79%
1982 88.8 −0.5 −0.56%
1981 89.3 −0.6 −0.67%
1980 89.9 −1 −1.1%
1979 90.9 −1.7 −1.84%
1978 92.6 −2.5 −2.63%
1977 95.1 −3 −3.06%
1976 98.1 −3.2 −3.16%
1975 101.3 −3.4 −3.25%
1974 104.7 −3.2 −2.97%
1973 107.9 −2.9 −2.62%
1972 110.8 −2.3 −2.03%
1971 113.1 −1.7 −1.48%
1970 114.8 −1.3 −1.12%
1969 116.1 −0.8 −0.68%
1968 116.9 −0.5 −0.43%
1967 117.4 −0.4 −0.34%
1966 117.8 −0.4 −0.34%
1965 118.2 −0.5 −0.42%
1964 118.7 −0.6 −0.5%
1963 119.3 −0.7 −0.58%
1962 120 −1 −0.83%
1961 121 −1 −0.82%
1960 122

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.