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Neonatal mortality rate in Ghana

The neonatal mortality rate in Ghana was 18.1 per 1,000 live births in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1965.

Measure: Neonatal mortality rate Unit: Deaths per 1,000 live births Data: 1965 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ghana, 2024 18.1 Deaths per 1,000 live births
Change from 2023 −0.6per 1,000 live births 2023: 18.7 per 1,000 live births
World, 2024 17.2 per 1,000 live births Official aggregate
Position in 2024 49th of 196 See the full ranking

Neonatal mortality rate in Ghana over time

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Deaths per 1,000 live births. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births), 2000 to 2024
Period GhanaWorld
2024 18.1 per 1,000 live births 17.2 per 1,000 live births
2023 18.7 per 1,000 live births 17.6 per 1,000 live births
2022 19.2 per 1,000 live births 17.9 per 1,000 live births
2021 19.7 per 1,000 live births 18.0 per 1,000 live births
2020 20.4 per 1,000 live births 18.2 per 1,000 live births
2019 21.0 per 1,000 live births 18.3 per 1,000 live births
2018 21.8 per 1,000 live births 18.5 per 1,000 live births
2017 22.6 per 1,000 live births 18.6 per 1,000 live births
2016 23.4 per 1,000 live births 18.9 per 1,000 live births
2015 24.3 per 1,000 live births 19.4 per 1,000 live births
2014 25.2 per 1,000 live births 19.7 per 1,000 live births
2013 26.1 per 1,000 live births 20.3 per 1,000 live births
2012 27.1 per 1,000 live births 20.8 per 1,000 live births
2011 28.1 per 1,000 live births 21.5 per 1,000 live births
2010 29.0 per 1,000 live births 22.1 per 1,000 live births
2009 29.9 per 1,000 live births 22.7 per 1,000 live births
2008 30.6 per 1,000 live births 23.4 per 1,000 live births
2007 31.1 per 1,000 live births 24.1 per 1,000 live births
2006 31.6 per 1,000 live births 24.9 per 1,000 live births
2005 32.1 per 1,000 live births 25.8 per 1,000 live births
2004 32.5 per 1,000 live births 26.7 per 1,000 live births
2003 33.1 per 1,000 live births 27.6 per 1,000 live births
2002 33.7 per 1,000 live births 28.5 per 1,000 live births
2001 34.4 per 1,000 live births 29.5 per 1,000 live births
2000 35.2 per 1,000 live births 30.3 per 1,000 live births

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of −0.6 from 18.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 25.2 per 1,000 live births, the figure has changed by −7.1.
  • Among the 196 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 49th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 17.2 per 1,000 live births.

More for Ghana

All statistics for Ghana
Infant mortality rate 27.5 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Under-five mortality rate 35.9 per 1,000 live births 2024 · World Bank Life expectancy estimates and projections 65.5 years 2023 · UN Population Division Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections 14.0 years 2023 · UN Population Division Healthy life expectancy 58.7 years 2023 · WHO UHC service coverage 56 2023 · WHO

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.DYN.NMRT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1965 to 2024 for Ghana
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UNICEF, WHO, World Bank, UN DESA)