Road traffic deaths in Ghana
Road traffic injuries caused 25.7 deaths per 100,000 people in Ghana in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest since 2002.
Ghana, 2019
25.7
Change from 2018
+0.4per 100,000 people
World, 2019
16.7 per 100,000 people
Position in 2019
46th of 183
Road traffic deaths in Ghana over time
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Deaths per 100,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 25.7 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2018 | 25.3 per 100,000 people | 16.7 per 100,000 people |
| 2017 | 24.9 per 100,000 people | 16.8 per 100,000 people |
| 2016 | 24.6 per 100,000 people | 16.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2015 | 24.4 per 100,000 people | 17.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2014 | 24.0 per 100,000 people | 17.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2013 | 23.4 per 100,000 people | 17.5 per 100,000 people |
| 2012 | 23.3 per 100,000 people | 18.0 per 100,000 people |
| 2011 | 23.4 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2010 | 23.7 per 100,000 people | 18.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2009 | 23.9 per 100,000 people | 18.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2008 | 23.9 per 100,000 people | 18.6 per 100,000 people |
| 2007 | 24.0 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2006 | 24.6 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2005 | 25.5 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2004 | 25.4 per 100,000 people | 18.9 per 100,000 people |
| 2003 | 25.6 per 100,000 people | 19.1 per 100,000 people |
| 2002 | 25.9 per 100,000 people | 19.3 per 100,000 people |
| 2001 | 25.8 per 100,000 people | 19.2 per 100,000 people |
| 2000 | 25.8 per 100,000 people | 19.1 per 100,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.4 from 25.3 per 100,000 people in 2018.
- Since 2009, when it was 23.9 per 100,000 people, the figure has changed by +1.8.
- Among the 183 countries with data for 2019, Ghana has the 46th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2019 was 16.7 per 100,000 people.