Equatorial Guinea vs Ghana: Death rate from meningitis

Equatorial Guinea
9.01 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Ghana
8.46 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Equatorial Guinea rank
30th
Ghana rank
33rd

Death rate from meningitis over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ghana
10152025200020102021

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 9.01 deaths per 100,000 people against 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people in Ghana, a difference of 0.55 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

Across all 22 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Ghana ranks 33rd of 194 countries.

Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Ghana Difference Ahead
2000s 22.13 deaths per 100,000 people 17.55 deaths per 100,000 people 4.59 deaths per 100,000 people Equatorial Guinea
2010s 14.52 deaths per 100,000 people 12 deaths per 100,000 people 2.51 deaths per 100,000 people Equatorial Guinea
2020s 9.68 deaths per 100,000 people 8.47 deaths per 100,000 people 1.21 deaths per 100,000 people Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher death rate from meningitis, Equatorial Guinea or Ghana?
Equatorial Guinea, at 9.01 deaths per 100,000 people against 8.46 deaths per 100,000 people in Ghana as of 2021.
What is the difference in death rate from meningitis between Equatorial Guinea and Ghana?
0.55 deaths per 100,000 people, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Ghana?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Ghana rank globally for death rate from meningitis?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Ghana ranks 33rd of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Death rate from meningitis. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Equatorial Guinea vs Ghana: Death rate from meningitis. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 August 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/death-rate-from-meningitis-who/equatorial-guinea/ghana/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/death-rate-from-meningitis-who/equatorial-guinea/ghana/">Equatorial Guinea vs Ghana: Death rate from meningitis</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Death rate from meningitis
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths from meningitis in both sexes, per 100,000 people.