Afghanistan vs Ghana: Life expectancy at age 15

Afghanistan

78.21 years

in 2100

Ghana

78.33 years

in 2100

Afghanistan rank

201st

Ghana rank

198th

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Ghana currently reports 78.33 years against 78.21 years in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.117 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 151 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.

Globally, Afghanistan ranks 201st and Ghana ranks 198th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.