Health in Ghana 1,254 indicators covering health for Ghana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 2,819 2024 up 6.1% 34th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 1,746 2024 up 0.5% 33rd Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 3,373 2024 up 8.2% 37th Terrorism deaths 0 2021 — 59th Share of deaths from terrorism 0 2021 — 58th Deaths from terrorism by target 0 2021 — 2nd Deaths from suicide and non suicide terrorist attacks 0 2021 — 59th Suicide and other terrorist attacks 1 2021 — 65th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 — 59th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 — 21st Prevalence of HIV, total 1.5% 2024 down 16.7% 25th Number of people who are undernourished 2.10 million 2023 down 4.5% 47th People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 17.6% 2024 up 33.6% 115th External health expenditure channeled through government 12.5% 2023 down 69.7% 116th Mortality from ncds sdgs 22.2 2021 down 12.6% 57th Mortality from ncds gender 24.9 2021 down 12.9% 61st Healthy life expectancy at birth 57.88 2021 up 5.5% 139th Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 — 1st Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 14.36 2021 down 11.8% 15th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 19.7% 2021 down 12.1% 59th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 24.9% 2021 down 12.9% 61st Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 22.2% 2021 down 12.6% 57th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.87 per 100,000 population 2021 down 11.2% 65th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.75 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 2.6% 49th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.99 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 16.8% 77th Suicide mortality rate, female 2.34 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 16.4% 132nd Suicide mortality rate, male 8.3 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 4.9% 114th Suicide mortality rate 5.32 per 100,000 population 2021 down 0.7% 117th Nurses and midwives 4.11 per 1,000 people 2023 up 177.1% 89th Share of women among the population living with hiv 69.6 2024 up 8.7% 4th Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 11.83 2023 down 3.5% 26th Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 85.9% 2023 down 9.3% 52nd Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 1.94 2023 up 183.1% 67th Diabetes prevalence who gho 6.5 2014 up 16.1% 152nd Child mortality rate ihme 5.22 2019 down 34.3% 32nd Neonatal mortality ihme 2.31 2019 down 24.5% 32nd Number of neonatal deaths ihme 19,832 2019 down 19.3% 28th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 1.63 2020 down 24.9% 91st Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 4.26 2020 down 21.8% 94th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 6.96 2020 down 21.2% 95th Low-birthweight babies 14.4% 2020 down 4.6% 38th Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 47 2024 up 80.8% 126th Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 17.82 2022 up 0.1% 166th Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 10.39 2022 up 54.0% 129th Prevalence of diabetes, crude 8.85 2022 up 69.4% 158th Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 19.59 2022 down 0.3% 165th Inequality in life expectancy 0.2211 2023 down 20.8% 37th Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.2211 2023 down 20.8% 37th Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 3.59 2024 down 35.9% 51st Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 9.1% 2022 down 54.3% 74th Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 25.6% 2022 down 36.3% 58th Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 263.11 2020 down 21.9% 32nd Maternal mortality slope chart 263.11 2020 down 21.9% 33rd The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 263.11 2020 down 21.9% 33rd Number of maternal deaths by region 2,373 2020 down 16.5% 26th Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 263.11 2020 down 21.9% 33rd Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 263.11 2020 down 21.9% 33rd Maternal deaths by income group 2,373 2020 down 16.5% 26th Maternal mortality vs fertility 263.11 2020 down 21.9% 33rd ← Previous Page 8 of 21 Next →