The infant mortality rate in deaths per 1,000 live births in Ghana amounted to 28.2 in 2023. The infant mortality rate fell by 93.6 from 1960.

Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Infant: Male: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 39.400 Ratio in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 42.800 Ratio for 2015. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Infant: Male: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 53.600 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 85.900 Ratio in 1990 and a record low of 39.400 Ratio in 2017. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Infant: Male: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.; ; Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Weighted average; Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys.

Historical dataset showing Ghana infant mortality rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

Yearly (annual) dataset of the Ghana Infant Mortality Rate, including historical data, latest releases, and long-term trends from 1960-12-31 to 2023-12-31. Available for free download in CSV format.

Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Infant: Female: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 36.800 Ratio in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 38.000 Ratio for 2015. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Infant: Female: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 45.100 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2016, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 72.600 Ratio in 1990 and a record low of 36.800 Ratio in 2016. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Infant: Female: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Health Statistics. Infant mortality rate, female is the number of female infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 female live births in a given year.; ; Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Weighted Average; Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys.

Actual value and historical data chart for Ghana Mortality Rate Infant Per 1 000 Live Births

Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Under-5: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 49.300 Ratio in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 51.800 Ratio for 2016. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Under-5: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 134.550 Ratio from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 209.400 Ratio in 1960 and a record low of 49.300 Ratio in 2017. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Under-5: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Health Statistics. Under-five mortality rate is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.; ; Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Weighted average; Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys.

BackgroundReducing neonatal and child mortality is a key component of the health-related sustainable development goal (SDG), but most low and middle income countries lack data to monitor child mortality on an annual basis. We tested a mortality monitoring system based on the continuous recording of pregnancies, births and deaths by trained community-based volunteers (CBV).Methods and findingsThis project was implemented in 96 clusters located in three districts of the Northern Region of Ghana. Community-based volunteers (CBVs) were selected from these clusters and were trained in recording all pregnancies, births, and deaths among children under 5 in their catchment areas. Data collection lasted from January 2012 through September 2013. All CBVs transmitted tallies of recorded births and deaths to the Ghana Birth and deaths registry each month, except in one of the study districts (approximately 80% reporting). Some events were reported only several months after they had occurred. We assessed the completeness and accuracy of CBV data by comparing them to retrospective full pregnancy histories (FPH) collected during a census of the same clusters conducted in October-December 2013. We conducted all analyses separately by district, as well as for the combined sample of all districts. During the 21-month implementation period, the CBVs reported a total of 2,819 births and 137 under-five deaths. Among the latter, there were 84 infant deaths (55 neonatal deaths and 29 post-neonatal deaths). Comparison of the CBV data with FPH data suggested that CBVs significantly under-estimated child mortality: the estimated under-5 mortality rate according to CBV data was only 2/3 of the rate estimated from FPH data (95% Confidence Interval for the ratio of the two rates = 51.7 to 81.4). The discrepancies between the CBV and FPH estimates of infant and neonatal mortality were more limited, but varied significantly across districts.ConclusionsIn northern Ghana, a community-based data collection systems relying on volunteers did not yield accurate estimates of child mortality rates. Additional implementation research is needed to improve the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of such systems. Enhancing pregnancy monitoring, in particular, may be an essential step to improve the measurement of neonatal mortality.

Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) in Ghana was reported at 24.7 % in 2023, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Ghana - Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2025.

Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births data was reported at 53.900 Ratio in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 59.600 Ratio for 2015. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births data is updated yearly, averaging 78.300 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 134.100 Ratio in 1990 and a record low of 53.900 Ratio in 2017. Ghana GH: Mortality Rate: Under-5: Male: per 1000 Live Births data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Health Statistics. Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.; ; Estimates Developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA Population Division) at www.childmortality.org.; Weighted average; Given that data on the incidence and prevalence of diseases are frequently unavailable, mortality rates are often used to identify vulnerable populations. Moreover, they are among the indicators most frequently used to compare socioeconomic development across countries. Under-five mortality rates are higher for boys than for girls in countries in which parental gender preferences are insignificant. Under-five mortality captures the effect of gender discrimination better than infant mortality does, as malnutrition and medical interventions have more significant impacts to this age group. Where female under-five mortality is higher, girls are likely to have less access to resources than boys.

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Actual value and historical data chart for Ghana Number Of Infant Deaths

In 2023, the crude birth rate in live births per 1,000 inhabitants in Ghana was 26.31. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by 24.06, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

This scatter chart displays birth rate (per 1,000 people) against suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Ghana. The data is about countries per year.

Abstract

The objective of this statistical report is to inidicate the total number of births and deaths registered for the period 2013. Rgistered births data for all the 10 regions were captured in this report.The results indicate that a total of 475731 births were registered representing 64 per cent coverage.

Geographic coverage

National Regional District

Analysis unit

Individual birth records

Universe

Individual informant

Kind of data

Event/transaction data [evn]

Sampling procedure

All children born between age 0 to less than 12 months

Sampling deviation

No deviation reported

Mode of data collection

Face-to-face [f2f]

Research instrument

Two questinnaire were used, the birth and death registration formA and the birth and death registration form B

Cleaning operations

Manual and electronic verification

Response rate

The respond rate was 64%

Sampling error estimates

Not reported

Data appraisal

No other forms of data appraisal

Neonatal mortality accounts for nearly half of under-5 mortality in Ghana. The aim of this study was to identify the predictors of neonatal mortality in the Eastern Regional Hospital, Ghana. This was a retrospective cohort study conducted using secondary data from electronic medical records from the Eastern Regional Hospital between 1st January 2022 and 31st December 2022. The Kaplan-Meier estimator and adjusted Cox regression model were used to estimate survival probability and to assess the predictors of neonatal mortality. Data on 1684 neonates were analyzed and we found that 11.82% deaths occurred with a neonatal mortality rate (NMR) of 13.98 (95% CI: 12.05, 15.91) per 1000 person-days. Most neonatal deaths occurred within the first 24hrs of life (9.9%). The predictors of neonatal mortality were found to be low birthweight [Adjusted hazard rate (aHR): 1.63, 95% CI: 1.04, 2.54], hypothermia (aHR: 1.82, 95% CI: 1.16, 2.85), hyperthermia (aHR: 1.85, 95% CI: 1.01, 3.39), birth asphyxia (aHR: 3.69, 95% CI: 1.68, 8.11), and multiparty (aHR: 1.66, 95% CI: 1.02, 2.70). However, neonates aged 8–28 days (aHR: 0.41, 95% CI: 0.21, 0.81), born in the Eastern Regional Hospital (aHR: 0.39, 95% CI: 0.28, 0.55), walk-in neonates (aHR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.32, 0.90), and neonates whose mothers had 8 or more antenatal contacts (aHR: 0.54, 95% CI: 0.32, 0.92) had lower neonatal mortality. There was high NMR in the Eastern Regional Hospital in Ghana. Averting complications such as low birthweight, hypothermia, hyperthermia, birth asphyxia, including the provision of obstetric and early neonatal care within the first 24 hours of life is critical to reducing neonatal mortality. Adherence to the World Health Organization’s recommendation of 8 or more antenatal contacts among pregnant women is also essential in reducing neonatal mortality.

Ghana GH: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data was reported at 100.000 % in 2008. This records an increase from the previous number of 70.117 % for 2002. Ghana GH: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data is updated yearly, averaging 85.059 % from Dec 2002 (Median) to 2008, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 % in 2008 and a record low of 70.117 % in 2002. Ghana GH: Completeness of Infant Death Reporting data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank: Health Statistics. Completeness of infant death reporting is the number of infant deaths reported by national statistics authorities to the United Nations Statistics Division's Demography Yearbook divided by the number of infant deaths estimated by the United Nations Population Division.; ; The United Nations Statistics Division's Population and Vital Statistics Report and the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.; ;

Historical dataset showing Ghana birth rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

Actual value and historical data chart for Ghana Birth Rate Crude Per 1 000 People

The life expectancy experiences significant growth in all gender groups in 2023. As part of the positive trend, the life expectancy reaches the maximum value for the different genders at the end of the comparison period. Particularly noteworthy is the life expectancy of women at birth, which has the highest value of 67.94 years. Life expectancy at birth refers to the number of years that the average newborn can expect to live, providing that mortality patterns at the time of their birth do not change thereafter.Find further similar statistics for other countries or regions like Antigua & Barbuda and Malta.