Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Ghana
Ghana: Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index was 65.5 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index in Ghana, 1921–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 65.5 years for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Ghana peaked at 65.5 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28 years, in 1921.
Ghana ranks 207th of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 28 years | 28 years | 28 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 45.06 years | 43.07 years | 46.71 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 47.53 years | 46.94 years | 47.9 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 49.2 years | 47.89 years | 50.79 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 52.7 years | 51.06 years | 54.94 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 56.59 years | 55.39 years | 57.84 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.5 years | 58.14 years | 60.93 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.93 years | 61.3 years | 64.46 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.83 years | 64.29 years | 65.5 years | 4 |
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More health data for Ghana
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 986.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,361 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 20 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 20 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 294,010 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 291,497 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 304,855 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 301,852 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 312,958 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 309,507 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Ghana?
- Life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index in Ghana was 65.5 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 65.5 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 28 years in 1921.
- How does Ghana rank for life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index?
- Ghana ranks 207th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy vs. electoral democracy index rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. Electoral Democracy Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.