Health in Ghana

1,394 indicators covering health for Ghana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 31 2018 down 31.1% 25th
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 72 2018 up 2.9% 3rd
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 33 2018 down 26.7% 20th
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 33 highest 2018 down 28.3% 18th
Persistence to last grade of primary 81.6% 2017 up 3.4% 76th
Primary health care expenditure (PHCE) per сapita in US$ 45.95 2023 down 12.2% 56th
Private prepaid plans 6.2% 2011 down 41.2% 16th
Health expenditure, private 43.9% 2011 up 2.1% 33rd
Reported number of individuals treated for onchocerciasis 4.33 million 2024 up 28.4% 12th
Health expenditure 1.87 billion current US$ 2011 up 529.3% 10th
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 12 2024 down 20.0% 45th
Ever breastfed 96.75 2022 down 2.1% 27th
Ever breastfed 96.8 2022 down 2.1% 26th
Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 67.2 2022 down 2.3% 23rd
Continued breastfeeding 67.21 2022 down 2.3% 23rd
Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants 3,549 2024 up 332.3% 14th
HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 67.0% 2014 down 33.0% 65th
Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians 1,118 2024 down 72.0% 22nd
Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 58.2 2022 up 26.8% 25th
Early initiation of breastfeeding 58.16 2022 up 26.8% 26th
Social Security expenditure on health 23.7% 2011 7th
People living with HIV/AIDS, total 300,000 high estimate 2009 up 11.1% 16th
People living with HIV/AIDS, total 230,000 low estimate 2009 up 15.0% 15th
2.2.2a Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 6.8 2017 up 13.3% 18th
People living with HIV/AIDS, total 260,000 2009 up 8.3% 14th
Population with access to an insecticide-treated bed net (ITN) for 74.0% 2024 up 5.8% 10th
Dental Assistants and Therapists 504 2023 down 2.3% 16th
AIDS deaths in adults and children 22,000 high estimate 2009 up 22.2% 13th
AIDS deaths in adults and children 14,000 low estimate 2009 up 48.9% 13th
Meningococcal A conjugate (MENGA) vaccine immunization coverage (%) 91.0% 2025 up 600.0% 1st
AIDS deaths in adults and children 18,000 2009 up 50.0% 12th
Community Health Workers 15,820 2022 up 198.9% 18th
Orphans 0-17 years currently living 210,000 high estimate 2009 up 110.0% 14th
Orphans 0-17 years currently living 120,000 low estimate 2009 up 380.0% 14th
Orphans 0-17 years currently living 160,000 2009 up 344.4% 13th
Environmental and Occupational Health and Hygiene Professionals 1,504 2023 down 58.7% 8th
Estimated number of individuals in the country requiring preventive 5.20 million 2024 up 104.3% 14th
Pregnant women attending antenatal care  at least once and receiving 58.0% 2024 up 45.0% 10th
Government health expenditure per capita 28 current US$ 2009 up 133.3% 22nd
Commitments to recipient countries 156.63 2010 up 134.0% 26th
Disbursements to recipient countries 239.17 2010 up 747.8% 16th
Reported malaria deaths 3,259 total 2011 up 89.8% 10th
Medical and Pathology Laboratory scientists 6,731 2024 up 330.6% 5th
Women who were first married by age 15 3.3% 2022 down 32.7% 20th
Women who were first married by age 18 16.1% 2022 down 22.2% 23rd
Introduction to solid, semi-solid foods 69.37 2022 down 12.2% 31st
Mixed Milk Feeding 14.53 2022 down 10.6% 13th
Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection 43.2% 2022 up 4.6% 29th
Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 42.9% 2017 down 21.9% 35th
Dental Prosthetic Technicians 52 2024 up 73.3% 13th
Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are) 12.7% 2022 down 10.6% 25th
Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods 6-8 months 69.4 2022 down 12.2% 30th
Female headed households 36.6% 2022 up 8.3% 4th
Domestic general government expenditure on PHC as % of primary health 60.9% 2023 up 61.9% 1st
Children aged <5 years wasted for age 4.7% 2014 down 44.0% 44th
Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people, high 13 per 100,000 population 2011 down 70.5% 46th
Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people, low uncertainty 3.5 per 100,000 population 2011 down 53.9% 44th
Population with household spending on health greater than 10% of 2.1% 2016 down 51.5% 26th
Population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household 18.8% 2016 down 10.9% 4th
Number of HIV positive pregnant women receiving antiretrovirals 8,057 2011 up 4,010.7% 16th