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Under-five mortality rate — Ghana

Under-five mortality rate in Ghana in 2024 — 35.9 per 1,000. Ranked 146 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 82.8%.

2024 35.9 per 1,000 −3.49% vs 2023
World rank 146of 196
Period maximum 209 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 35.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Ghana, 1960–2024010020030019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 209 per 1,0001962: 205.2 per 1,0001964: 203.2 per 1,0001966: 202.7 per 1,0001968: 203.3 per 1,0001970: 202.8 per 1,0001972: 199.2 per 1,0001974: 191.8 per 1,0001976: 182.2 per 1,0001978: 173.4 per 1,0001980: 168.1 per 1,0001982: 164.9 per 1,0001984: 159.7 per 1,0001986: 150.1 per 1,0001988: 138.4 per 1,0001990: 127.6 per 1,0001992: 120.2 per 1,0001994: 116 per 1,0001996: 112.5 per 1,0001998: 107.4 per 1,0002000: 99.9 per 1,0002002: 91.9 per 1,0002004: 85 per 1,0002006: 79.1 per 1,0002008: 73.1 per 1,0002010: 66.5 per 1,0002012: 60.3 per 1,0002014: 54.9 per 1,0002016: 50.3 per 1,0002018: 46.1 per 1,0002020: 42.2 per 1,0002022: 38.6 per 1,0002024: 35.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −173.1 (−82.82%) Average annual rate: -2.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 35.9 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 71.2 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 92.4 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 35.9 −1.3 −3.49%
2023 37.2 −1.4 −3.63%
2022 38.6 −1.7 −4.22%
2021 40.3 −1.9 −4.5%
2020 42.2 −1.9 −4.31%
2019 44.1 −2 −4.34%
2018 46.1 −2.1 −4.36%
2017 48.2 −2.1 −4.17%
2016 50.3 −2.2 −4.19%
2015 52.5 −2.4 −4.37%
2014 54.9 −2.6 −4.52%
2013 57.5 −2.8 −4.64%
2012 60.3 −3 −4.74%
2011 63.3 −3.2 −4.81%
2010 66.5 −3.3 −4.73%
2009 69.8 −3.3 −4.51%
2008 73.1 −3.1 −4.07%
2007 76.2 −2.9 −3.67%
2006 79.1 −2.9 −3.54%
2005 82 −3 −3.53%
2004 85 −3.2 −3.63%
2003 88.2 −3.7 −4.03%
2002 91.9 −3.9 −4.07%
2001 95.8 −4.1 −4.1%
2000 99.9 −4 −3.85%
1999 103.9 −3.5 −3.26%
1998 107.4 −2.9 −2.63%
1997 110.3 −2.2 −1.96%
1996 112.5 −1.9 −1.66%
1995 114.4 −1.6 −1.38%
1994 116 −1.8 −1.53%
1993 117.8 −2.4 −2%
1992 120.2 −3.3 −2.67%
1991 123.5 −4.1 −3.21%
1990 127.6 −5.1 −3.84%
1989 132.7 −5.7 −4.12%
1988 138.4 −5.9 −4.09%
1987 144.3 −5.8 −3.86%
1986 150.1 −5.2 −3.35%
1985 155.3 −4.4 −2.76%
1984 159.7 −3.1 −1.9%
1983 162.8 −2.1 −1.27%
1982 164.9 −1.7 −1.02%
1981 166.6 −1.5 −0.89%
1980 168.1 −2.1 −1.23%
1979 170.2 −3.2 −1.85%
1978 173.4 −4.1 −2.31%
1977 177.5 −4.7 −2.58%
1976 182.2 −4.9 −2.62%
1975 187.1 −4.7 −2.45%
1974 191.8 −4.1 −2.09%
1973 195.9 −3.3 −1.66%
1972 199.2 −2.3 −1.14%
1971 201.5 −1.3 −0.64%
1970 202.8 −0.6 −0.29%
1969 203.4 +0.1 +0.05%
1968 203.3 +0.3 +0.15%
1967 203 +0.3 +0.15%
1966 202.7 −0.1 −0.05%
1965 202.8 −0.4 −0.2%
1964 203.2 −0.9 −0.44%
1963 204.1 −1.1 −0.54%
1962 205.2 −1.7 −0.82%
1961 206.9 −2.1 −1%
1960 209 — —

Western Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 11.1 GH Ghana 35.9 SN Senegal 36.5 MR Mauritania 36.9 GM Gambia 42.4 TG Togo 56.1 CI Côte d'Ivoire 64.5 GW Guinea-Bissau 67.3 ML Mali 73 BJ Benin 74.7 BF Burkina Faso 74.9 LR Liberia 86.4 SL Sierra Leone 90.5 GN Guinea 92.1 NE Niger 110.7 NG Nigeria 115.6
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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

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