What is life expectancy in Ghana?

Life expectancy in Ghana was 65.5 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Ghana?

The highest recorded value was 65.5 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Ghana?

The lowest recorded value was 28 years in 1921.

How does Ghana rank for life expectancy?

Ghana ranks 207th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Ghana?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Ghana data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Ghana

Name: Life expectancy in Ghana
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Ghana: Life expectancy was 65.5 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

65.5 years

Change on year

up 0.4%

World rank

207th

of 236 countries

All-time high

65.5 years

in 2023

All-time low

28 years

in 1921

Years of data

1921–2023

Life expectancy in Ghana, 1921–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Ghana is 65.5 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Ghana peaked at 65.5 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28 years, in 1921.

Ghana ranks 207th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1920s	28 years	28 years	28 years	1
1950s	45.06 years	43.07 years	46.71 years	10
1960s	47.53 years	46.94 years	47.9 years	10
1970s	49.2 years	47.89 years	50.79 years	10
1980s	52.7 years	51.06 years	54.94 years	10
1990s	56.59 years	55.39 years	57.84 years	10
2000s	59.5 years	58.14 years	60.93 years	10
2010s	62.93 years	61.3 years	64.46 years	10
2020s	64.83 years	64.29 years	65.5 years	4

Countries ranked near Ghana

204 Djibouti 65.99 years compare
205 Gambia 65.86 years compare
206 Congo 65.77 years compare
208 Palestine 65.17 years compare
209 Haiti 64.94 years compare
210 Angola 64.62 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Ghana

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 400,043 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 388,558 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 381,218 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 399,260 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 391,486 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.33 million (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 408,074 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 418,076 (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 420,557 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 409,422 (2025)

All data for Ghana →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Ghana?: Life expectancy in Ghana was 65.5 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Ghana?: The highest recorded value was 65.5 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Ghana?: The lowest recorded value was 28 years in 1921.
How does Ghana rank for life expectancy?: Ghana ranks 207th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Ghana?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ghana data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.