Health in Ghana

1,386 indicators covering health for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 1.9% 2023 up 0.3% 142nd
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 10.1% 2023 up 16.7% 97th
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current 28.2% 2023 down 34.3% 131st
Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$ 70.26 2023 down 33.3% 163rd
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 19.84 2023 down 56.2% 167th
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 44.42 2023 up 4.2% 145th
Total healthcare expenditure gdp 2.95 2023 down 35.8% 178th
Health expenditure government expenditure 10.05 2023 up 16.7% 97th
Mumps - number of reported cases 0 2025 110th
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 0.5988 2025 down 91.8% 93rd
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 14 2023 down 65.0% 33rd
Hib vaccine 95 2024 down 3.1% 56th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2025 16th
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 6 2023 down 65.6% 89th
Dentists 679 2024 up 69.8% 101st
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 31.3% 2024 down 14.1% 73rd
Nursing and midwifery personnel 143,646 2024 up 284.0% 32nd
Nursing personnel 105,765 2024 up 182.8% 42nd
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.473 2024 down 40.0% 22nd
People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 17.2% 2024 up 93.5% 64th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 27.39 2019 down 23.0% 132nd
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 25.3 2019 down 20.2% 142nd
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 49.9% 2019 up 55.5% 123rd
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 33.9 2019 down 11.3% 130th
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 19.1% 2019 up 176.8% 86th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 17.4% 2019 up 171.9% 98th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 33.8% 2019 up 60.2% 121st
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 36.9% 2019 up 55.7% 114th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 46.8% 2019 up 60.8% 125th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 30.6 2019 down 9.7% 158th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 97.0% 2025 up 10.2% 17th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 55.0% 2024 up 27.7% 74th
Adolescent birth rate 2 2021 down 53.1% 34th
Rubella number unvaccinated 85,101 2023 down 5.8% 26th
Estimated number of malaria cases 6.74 million Cases 2024 down 23.4% 14th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 90 2023 up 16.9% 26th
Medical doctors 2.89 2024 up 167.6% 149th
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 87.6% 2023 up 23.7% 126th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 19.2% 2022 up 12.6% 131st
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 21.2% 2022 up 10.0% 119th
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 99 2022 up 7.6% 1st
Nursing and midwifery personnel 41.72 2024 up 212.7% 89th
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 340,000 2025 up 3.0% 19th
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 1.4% 2025 down 22.2% 26th
Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 24th
Immunization measles vs vaccine safety 79 2024 up 17.9% 111th
Share of children vaccinated with mcv2 79 2024 up 17.9% 111th
Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 24th
TB patients with known HIV status 92.0% 2024 up 19.5% 86th
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 190,413 2025 up 132.2% 25th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 56.0% 2025 up 124.0% 115th
Dentists 0.2 2024 up 42.9% 141st
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 192 2024 up 106.5% 51st
Hib3 number unvaccinated 42,550 2023 down 48.2% 58th
Number of new HIV infections 14,000 2025 down 36.4% 17th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 12,000 2025 down 25.0% 15th
Capital health expenditure 0.1% 2022 up 52.0% 110th
Adolescent birth rate 2 2021 down 53.1% 32nd
Tested TB patients HIV-positive 12.0% 2024 down 50.0% 47th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 43.2% 2021 down 21.5% 45th