Ghana - Mortality rate
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 44.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 208.20 in 1960 and a minimum value of 44.70 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 208.20 |
| 1961 | 206.20 |
| 1962 | 204.60 |
| 1963 | 203.40 |
| 1964 | 202.70 |
| 1965 | 202.30 |
| 1966 | 202.30 |
| 1967 | 202.70 |
| 1968 | 203.00 |
| 1969 | 203.00 |
| 1970 | 202.50 |
| 1971 | 201.40 |
| 1972 | 199.20 |
| 1973 | 196.00 |
| 1974 | 191.70 |
| 1975 | 186.80 |
| 1976 | 181.50 |
| 1977 | 176.60 |
| 1978 | 172.50 |
| 1979 | 169.40 |
| 1980 | 167.20 |
| 1981 | 165.60 |
| 1982 | 164.00 |
| 1983 | 162.00 |
| 1984 | 158.90 |
| 1985 | 154.90 |
| 1986 | 149.90 |
| 1987 | 144.20 |
| 1988 | 138.30 |
| 1989 | 132.50 |
| 1990 | 127.40 |
| 1991 | 123.20 |
| 1992 | 119.90 |
| 1993 | 117.60 |
| 1994 | 115.70 |
| 1995 | 114.20 |
| 1996 | 112.40 |
| 1997 | 110.10 |
| 1998 | 107.20 |
| 1999 | 103.70 |
| 2000 | 99.70 |
| 2001 | 95.70 |
| 2002 | 91.90 |
| 2003 | 88.50 |
| 2004 | 85.60 |
| 2005 | 83.00 |
| 2006 | 80.60 |
| 2007 | 78.00 |
| 2008 | 75.30 |
| 2009 | 72.30 |
| 2010 | 69.10 |
| 2011 | 65.90 |
| 2012 | 62.70 |
| 2013 | 59.80 |
| 2014 | 57.10 |
| 2015 | 54.60 |
| 2016 | 52.20 |
| 2017 | 50.10 |
| 2018 | 48.10 |
| 2019 | 46.40 |
| 2020 | 44.70 |
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 40.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 197.50 in 1960 and a minimum value of 40.00 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 197.50 |
| 1961 | 195.40 |
| 1962 | 193.80 |
| 1963 | 192.80 |
| 1964 | 192.00 |
| 1965 | 191.60 |
| 1966 | 191.80 |
| 1967 | 192.20 |
| 1968 | 192.50 |
| 1969 | 192.70 |
| 1970 | 192.30 |
| 1971 | 191.30 |
| 1972 | 189.30 |
| 1973 | 186.20 |
| 1974 | 182.20 |
| 1975 | 177.40 |
| 1976 | 172.40 |
| 1977 | 167.60 |
| 1978 | 163.60 |
| 1979 | 160.60 |
| 1980 | 158.50 |
| 1981 | 156.90 |
| 1982 | 155.30 |
| 1983 | 153.10 |
| 1984 | 150.10 |
| 1985 | 146.00 |
| 1986 | 141.10 |
| 1987 | 135.50 |
| 1988 | 129.80 |
| 1989 | 124.10 |
| 1990 | 119.10 |
| 1991 | 114.90 |
| 1992 | 111.70 |
| 1993 | 109.30 |
| 1994 | 107.50 |
| 1995 | 106.00 |
| 1996 | 104.20 |
| 1997 | 102.00 |
| 1998 | 99.20 |
| 1999 | 95.70 |
| 2000 | 92.00 |
| 2001 | 88.10 |
| 2002 | 84.40 |
| 2003 | 81.10 |
| 2004 | 78.20 |
| 2005 | 75.70 |
| 2006 | 73.30 |
| 2007 | 71.00 |
| 2008 | 68.40 |
| 2009 | 65.60 |
| 2010 | 62.60 |
| 2011 | 59.70 |
| 2012 | 56.70 |
| 2013 | 54.00 |
| 2014 | 51.50 |
| 2015 | 49.20 |
| 2016 | 47.00 |
| 2017 | 45.00 |
| 2018 | 43.20 |
| 2019 | 41.50 |
| 2020 | 40.00 |
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 49.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 218.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 49.20 in 2020.
Definition: Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 218.40 |
| 1961 | 216.30 |
| 1962 | 214.70 |
| 1963 | 213.50 |
| 1964 | 212.60 |
| 1965 | 212.40 |
| 1966 | 212.40 |
| 1967 | 212.70 |
| 1968 | 212.80 |
| 1969 | 212.70 |
| 1970 | 212.30 |
| 1971 | 211.00 |
| 1972 | 208.80 |
| 1973 | 205.20 |
| 1974 | 200.80 |
| 1975 | 195.50 |
| 1976 | 190.20 |
| 1977 | 185.20 |
| 1978 | 181.00 |
| 1979 | 177.80 |
| 1980 | 175.50 |
| 1981 | 174.00 |
| 1982 | 172.40 |
| 1983 | 170.30 |
| 1984 | 167.40 |
| 1985 | 163.30 |
| 1986 | 158.20 |
| 1987 | 152.50 |
| 1988 | 146.40 |
| 1989 | 140.50 |
| 1990 | 135.30 |
| 1991 | 131.10 |
| 1992 | 127.80 |
| 1993 | 125.40 |
| 1994 | 123.60 |
| 1995 | 121.90 |
| 1996 | 120.00 |
| 1997 | 117.70 |
| 1998 | 114.80 |
| 1999 | 111.20 |
| 2000 | 107.10 |
| 2001 | 102.90 |
| 2002 | 99.00 |
| 2003 | 95.60 |
| 2004 | 92.70 |
| 2005 | 89.90 |
| 2006 | 87.40 |
| 2007 | 84.70 |
| 2008 | 81.80 |
| 2009 | 78.60 |
| 2010 | 75.20 |
| 2011 | 71.70 |
| 2012 | 68.40 |
| 2013 | 65.20 |
| 2014 | 62.30 |
| 2015 | 59.70 |
| 2016 | 57.20 |
| 2017 | 55.00 |
| 2018 | 52.90 |
| 2019 | 51.00 |
| 2020 | 49.20 |
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 22.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 55 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 60.20 in 1965 and a minimum value of 22.90 in 2020.
Definition: Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1965 | 60.20 |
| 1966 | 60.10 |
| 1967 | 60.00 |
| 1968 | 59.90 |
| 1969 | 59.70 |
| 1970 | 59.40 |
| 1971 | 59.00 |
| 1972 | 58.30 |
| 1973 | 57.60 |
| 1974 | 56.60 |
| 1975 | 55.50 |
| 1976 | 54.40 |
| 1977 | 53.50 |
| 1978 | 52.60 |
| 1979 | 51.90 |
| 1980 | 51.30 |
| 1981 | 50.60 |
| 1982 | 49.90 |
| 1983 | 49.10 |
| 1984 | 48.20 |
| 1985 | 47.20 |
| 1986 | 46.20 |
| 1987 | 45.10 |
| 1988 | 44.00 |
| 1989 | 42.90 |
| 1990 | 41.90 |
| 1991 | 41.00 |
| 1992 | 40.30 |
| 1993 | 39.80 |
| 1994 | 39.30 |
| 1995 | 38.80 |
| 1996 | 38.40 |
| 1997 | 37.90 |
| 1998 | 37.30 |
| 1999 | 36.60 |
| 2000 | 35.80 |
| 2001 | 34.90 |
| 2002 | 34.20 |
| 2003 | 33.50 |
| 2004 | 33.00 |
| 2005 | 32.60 |
| 2006 | 32.20 |
| 2007 | 31.70 |
| 2008 | 31.20 |
| 2009 | 30.50 |
| 2010 | 29.80 |
| 2011 | 29.00 |
| 2012 | 28.20 |
| 2013 | 27.50 |
| 2014 | 26.80 |
| 2015 | 26.00 |
| 2016 | 25.40 |
| 2017 | 24.70 |
| 2018 | 24.10 |
| 2019 | 23.50 |
| 2020 | 22.90 |
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) in Ghana was 207.81 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 368.98 in 1960 and a minimum value of 207.81 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, female, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old female dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 368.98 |
| 1961 | 363.87 |
| 1962 | 358.76 |
| 1963 | 355.16 |
| 1964 | 351.55 |
| 1965 | 347.95 |
| 1966 | 344.35 |
| 1967 | 340.75 |
| 1968 | 336.67 |
| 1969 | 332.58 |
| 1970 | 328.50 |
| 1971 | 324.42 |
| 1972 | 320.33 |
| 1973 | 317.30 |
| 1974 | 314.27 |
| 1975 | 311.24 |
| 1976 | 308.21 |
| 1977 | 305.18 |
| 1978 | 302.51 |
| 1979 | 299.84 |
| 1980 | 297.17 |
| 1981 | 294.50 |
| 1982 | 291.83 |
| 1983 | 287.76 |
| 1984 | 283.68 |
| 1985 | 279.61 |
| 1986 | 275.54 |
| 1987 | 271.46 |
| 1988 | 266.40 |
| 1989 | 261.35 |
| 1990 | 256.29 |
| 1991 | 251.23 |
| 1992 | 246.18 |
| 1993 | 252.56 |
| 1994 | 258.93 |
| 1995 | 265.31 |
| 1996 | 271.69 |
| 1997 | 278.07 |
| 1998 | 278.70 |
| 1999 | 279.32 |
| 2000 | 279.94 |
| 2001 | 280.56 |
| 2002 | 281.19 |
| 2003 | 274.37 |
| 2004 | 267.55 |
| 2005 | 260.73 |
| 2006 | 253.92 |
| 2007 | 247.10 |
| 2008 | 244.88 |
| 2009 | 242.66 |
| 2010 | 240.44 |
| 2011 | 238.22 |
| 2012 | 236.00 |
| 2013 | 232.32 |
| 2014 | 228.64 |
| 2015 | 224.96 |
| 2016 | 221.28 |
| 2017 | 217.60 |
| 2018 | 214.33 |
| 2019 | 211.07 |
| 2020 | 207.81 |
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
The value for Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) in Ghana was 249.29 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 407.57 in 1960 and a minimum value of 249.29 in 2020.
Definition: Adult mortality rate, male, is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old male dying before reaching age 60, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year between those ages.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) University of California, Berkeley, and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. The Human Mortality Database.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 407.57 |
| 1961 | 403.38 |
| 1962 | 399.19 |
| 1963 | 396.08 |
| 1964 | 392.98 |
| 1965 | 389.87 |
| 1966 | 386.76 |
| 1967 | 383.65 |
| 1968 | 382.11 |
| 1969 | 380.58 |
| 1970 | 379.04 |
| 1971 | 377.51 |
| 1972 | 375.97 |
| 1973 | 372.82 |
| 1974 | 369.68 |
| 1975 | 366.53 |
| 1976 | 363.38 |
| 1977 | 360.24 |
| 1978 | 357.13 |
| 1979 | 354.02 |
| 1980 | 350.91 |
| 1981 | 347.81 |
| 1982 | 344.70 |
| 1983 | 339.73 |
| 1984 | 334.75 |
| 1985 | 329.78 |
| 1986 | 324.80 |
| 1987 | 319.83 |
| 1988 | 315.02 |
| 1989 | 310.22 |
| 1990 | 305.42 |
| 1991 | 300.62 |
| 1992 | 295.81 |
| 1993 | 300.12 |
| 1994 | 304.42 |
| 1995 | 308.73 |
| 1996 | 313.03 |
| 1997 | 317.33 |
| 1998 | 317.91 |
| 1999 | 318.49 |
| 2000 | 319.06 |
| 2001 | 319.64 |
| 2002 | 320.22 |
| 2003 | 312.93 |
| 2004 | 305.64 |
| 2005 | 298.35 |
| 2006 | 291.06 |
| 2007 | 283.77 |
| 2008 | 281.81 |
| 2009 | 279.86 |
| 2010 | 277.91 |
| 2011 | 275.95 |
| 2012 | 274.00 |
| 2013 | 270.77 |
| 2014 | 267.54 |
| 2015 | 264.31 |
| 2016 | 261.07 |
| 2017 | 257.84 |
| 2018 | 254.99 |
| 2019 | 252.14 |
| 2020 | 249.29 |
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 29.20 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 114.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 29.20 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 114.40 |
| 1961 | 113.30 |
| 1962 | 112.40 |
| 1963 | 111.80 |
| 1964 | 111.40 |
| 1965 | 111.30 |
| 1966 | 111.30 |
| 1967 | 111.50 |
| 1968 | 111.70 |
| 1969 | 111.70 |
| 1970 | 111.50 |
| 1971 | 110.90 |
| 1972 | 109.90 |
| 1973 | 108.20 |
| 1974 | 106.10 |
| 1975 | 103.50 |
| 1976 | 100.80 |
| 1977 | 98.20 |
| 1978 | 96.10 |
| 1979 | 94.50 |
| 1980 | 93.40 |
| 1981 | 92.60 |
| 1982 | 91.70 |
| 1983 | 90.60 |
| 1984 | 89.10 |
| 1985 | 87.10 |
| 1986 | 84.40 |
| 1987 | 81.50 |
| 1988 | 78.40 |
| 1989 | 75.40 |
| 1990 | 72.70 |
| 1991 | 70.40 |
| 1992 | 68.60 |
| 1993 | 67.30 |
| 1994 | 66.30 |
| 1995 | 65.50 |
| 1996 | 64.60 |
| 1997 | 63.40 |
| 1998 | 61.80 |
| 1999 | 59.90 |
| 2000 | 57.80 |
| 2001 | 55.70 |
| 2002 | 53.70 |
| 2003 | 51.90 |
| 2004 | 50.20 |
| 2005 | 48.80 |
| 2006 | 47.60 |
| 2007 | 46.30 |
| 2008 | 44.90 |
| 2009 | 43.30 |
| 2010 | 41.70 |
| 2011 | 40.20 |
| 2012 | 38.60 |
| 2013 | 37.10 |
| 2014 | 35.70 |
| 2015 | 34.40 |
| 2016 | 33.20 |
| 2017 | 32.10 |
| 2018 | 31.10 |
| 2019 | 30.10 |
| 2020 | 29.20 |
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 33.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 123.60 in 1960 and a minimum value of 33.00 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 123.60 |
| 1961 | 122.50 |
| 1962 | 121.60 |
| 1963 | 120.90 |
| 1964 | 120.50 |
| 1965 | 120.40 |
| 1966 | 120.30 |
| 1967 | 120.50 |
| 1968 | 120.70 |
| 1969 | 120.70 |
| 1970 | 120.50 |
| 1971 | 119.80 |
| 1972 | 118.70 |
| 1973 | 116.90 |
| 1974 | 114.60 |
| 1975 | 112.00 |
| 1976 | 109.10 |
| 1977 | 106.50 |
| 1978 | 104.30 |
| 1979 | 102.70 |
| 1980 | 101.50 |
| 1981 | 100.70 |
| 1982 | 99.80 |
| 1983 | 98.70 |
| 1984 | 97.00 |
| 1985 | 94.90 |
| 1986 | 92.10 |
| 1987 | 89.10 |
| 1988 | 85.80 |
| 1989 | 82.60 |
| 1990 | 79.80 |
| 1991 | 77.50 |
| 1992 | 75.70 |
| 1993 | 74.40 |
| 1994 | 73.40 |
| 1995 | 72.50 |
| 1996 | 71.50 |
| 1997 | 70.20 |
| 1998 | 68.50 |
| 1999 | 66.60 |
| 2000 | 64.30 |
| 2001 | 62.10 |
| 2002 | 59.90 |
| 2003 | 58.00 |
| 2004 | 56.40 |
| 2005 | 54.90 |
| 2006 | 53.50 |
| 2007 | 52.10 |
| 2008 | 50.50 |
| 2009 | 48.80 |
| 2010 | 47.00 |
| 2011 | 45.20 |
| 2012 | 43.40 |
| 2013 | 41.80 |
| 2014 | 40.20 |
| 2015 | 38.80 |
| 2016 | 37.40 |
| 2017 | 36.20 |
| 2018 | 35.00 |
| 2019 | 34.00 |
| 2020 | 33.00 |
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
The value for Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was 36.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 132.40 in 1960 and a minimum value of 36.60 in 2020.
Definition: Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.
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.
See also:
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 132.40 |
| 1961 | 131.20 |
| 1962 | 130.20 |
| 1963 | 129.50 |
| 1964 | 129.10 |
| 1965 | 128.90 |
| 1966 | 129.00 |
| 1967 | 129.10 |
| 1968 | 129.20 |
| 1969 | 129.20 |
| 1970 | 129.00 |
| 1971 | 128.30 |
| 1972 | 127.10 |
| 1973 | 125.10 |
| 1974 | 122.70 |
| 1975 | 119.90 |
| 1976 | 117.00 |
| 1977 | 114.30 |
| 1978 | 112.00 |
| 1979 | 110.40 |
| 1980 | 109.20 |
| 1981 | 108.30 |
| 1982 | 107.50 |
| 1983 | 106.30 |
| 1984 | 104.60 |
| 1985 | 102.40 |
| 1986 | 99.50 |
| 1987 | 96.30 |
| 1988 | 92.90 |
| 1989 | 89.60 |
| 1990 | 86.70 |
| 1991 | 84.30 |
| 1992 | 82.40 |
| 1993 | 81.10 |
| 1994 | 80.10 |
| 1995 | 79.10 |
| 1996 | 78.00 |
| 1997 | 76.70 |
| 1998 | 74.90 |
| 1999 | 72.90 |
| 2000 | 70.60 |
| 2001 | 68.10 |
| 2002 | 65.80 |
| 2003 | 63.80 |
| 2004 | 62.20 |
| 2005 | 60.60 |
| 2006 | 59.10 |
| 2007 | 57.60 |
| 2008 | 55.90 |
| 2009 | 54.00 |
| 2010 | 52.00 |
| 2011 | 50.00 |
| 2012 | 48.00 |
| 2013 | 46.20 |
| 2014 | 44.50 |
| 2015 | 42.90 |
| 2016 | 41.50 |
| 2017 | 40.10 |
| 2018 | 38.80 |
| 2019 | 37.70 |
| 2020 | 36.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Mortality
