Health in Ghana

1,386 indicators covering health for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Taxes as a % of price: import duties 1.4% 2022 31st
Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 5.5% 2022 up 3,337.5% 14th
Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 44.0% 2023 down 54.2% 35th
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 9 2022 up 20.3% 132nd
Estimated number of children needing antiretroviral therapy based on 22,000 2025 down 43.6% 13th
Weight-for-height <-3 SD 1.17 2022 down 16.6% 37th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height 1.2% 2022 down 14.3% 36th
Physical activity policies for activie societies 20 2023 up 100.0% 2nd
Physical activity policies focused on active systems 10 2023 down 50.0% 101st
Midwifery personnel 37,881 2024 up 456.4% 7th
Number of deaths from malaria who 11,635 2024 down 19.1% 16th
Death rate from malaria 33.8 2024 down 34.1% 26th
Incidence of malaria 195.77 2024 down 37.6% 25th
Share of one year olds who received the final dose of pneumococcal vac 96 2024 down 3.0% 14th
Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine coverage 96 2024 down 3.0% 14th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among children 40 2025 up 344.4% 60th
Death rate from poisonings 0.9 2021 down 10.0% 60th
3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 48 2021 up 37.1% 152nd
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 22.2 2021 down 12.6% 51st
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.9 2021 down 10.0% 55th
Suicide mortality rate, by sex 5.3 2021 up 1.9% 109th
Rotavirus number unvaccinated 306,364 2023 up 187.1% 18th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 17.4% 2022 down 23.7% 55th
Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 4.9 2022 down 3.4% 71st
Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2023 19th
Malaria cases reported 4.44 million 2024 up 30.0% 13th
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 0.02 2023 down 92.3% 111th
Mean systolic blood pressure 124.8 2009 down 0.7% 104th
Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.4 2009 up 1.9% 71st
Number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals 15,145 2025 up 93.8% 11th
Hiv expenditure 128.08 million 2023 up 20.3% 22nd
Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 0 2024 35th
Neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus (PAB) 90.0% 2022 up 2.3% 54th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 2.0% 2022 down 23.1% 77th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 5 2020 up 150.0% 158th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.3% 2020 up 45.5% 150th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.2% 2020 up 88.9% 65th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 34th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 42nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.1% 2020 up 15.4% 48th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.0% 2020 129th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 0.88 2020 down 36.7% 169th
Number healthy diet unaffordable 22.90 million 2024 up 15.7% 22nd
Import of environmentally sound technologies 936.43 million 2019 up 92.3% 78th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status 70 2025 up 45.8% 107th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving 81 2025 up 52.8% 86th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 2.26 2020 down 30.2% 162nd
Export of environmentally sound technologies 105.32 million 2019 up 88.8% 88th
Pcv3 number unvaccinated 34,040 2023 down 62.3% 61st
Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 86.2% 2022 up 27.9% 94th
Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 0 2024 47th
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 240,000 2024 unchanged 14th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female 5.0% 2022 down 3.8% 37th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male 6.6% 2022 down 8.3% 34th
Number reported cases of cholera 2 2021 down 100.0% 72nd
Population with basic handwashing facilities at home 31.3% 2024 down 14.1% 72nd
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female 0.9% 2022 unchanged 38th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male 1.4% 2022 down 26.3% 35th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 1.8% 2022 down 28.0% 68th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 2.1% 2022 down 22.2% 69th