Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture in Ghana
Ghana: Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture was 0.6 in 2014. ▼ Falling
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture in Ghana, 2005–2014
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture in Ghana is 0.6, measured in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
The figure is down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture in Ghana peaked at 0.7 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.6, in 2008.
That places Ghana 118th out of 157 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.7 | — |
| 2006 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6 | -14.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.66 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 118 Mozambique 0.6 compare
- 118 Malawi 0.6 compare
- 121 Burundi 0.5 compare
- 121 Haiti 0.5 compare
- 121 Benin 0.5 compare
- 121 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5 compare
- 121 Afghanistan 0.5 compare
More health data for Ghana
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.37 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6224 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 986.1 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 8,361 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate 0.7453 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3543 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3048 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture in Ghana?
- Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture in Ghana was 0.6 in 2014, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7 in 2005.
- What is the lowest laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6 in 2008.
- How does Ghana rank for laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture?
- Ghana ranks 118th out of 157 countries with data for 2014.
- Is laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture (per 5 million population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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