Life expectancy at age 15 in Ghana
Ghana: Life expectancy at age 15 was 78.33 years in 2100. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at age 15 in Ghana, 1950–2100
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 78.33 years for life expectancy at age 15 in 2100. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in Ghana peaked at 78.33 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 60.82 years, in 1950.
That places Ghana 198th out of 236 countries with data for 2100, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 61.57 years | 60.82 years | 62.19 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 62.54 years | 62.27 years | 62.75 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 63.19 years | 62.7 years | 63.77 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.56 years | 63.87 years | 65.52 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.01 years | 65.68 years | 66.43 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 66.9 years | 66.5 years | 67.42 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 68.3 years | 67.57 years | 69.04 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.63 years | 68.56 years | 70.31 years | 10 |
| 2030s | 70.94 years | 70.43 years | 71.42 years | 10 |
| 2040s | 71.99 years | 71.52 years | 72.45 years | 10 |
| 2050s | 73.02 years | 72.55 years | 73.5 years | 10 |
| 2060s | 74.06 years | 73.59 years | 74.55 years | 10 |
| 2070s | 75.21 years | 74.67 years | 75.75 years | 10 |
| 2080s | 76.4 years | 75.86 years | 76.94 years | 10 |
| 2090s | 77.64 years | 77.07 years | 78.21 years | 10 |
| 2100s | 78.33 years | 78.33 years | 78.33 years | 1 |
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- Population, male 49.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 407,617 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 10.69 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 12.42 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 418,344 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 404,963 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 415,209 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 407,114 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 413,565 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at age 15 in Ghana?
- Life expectancy at age 15 in Ghana was 78.33 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 78.33 years in 2100.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.82 years in 1950.
- How does Ghana rank for life expectancy at age 15?
- Ghana ranks 198th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
- Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.