What is neonatal mortality rate in Ghana?

Neonatal mortality rate in Ghana was 1.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ghana?

The highest recorded value was 6.1 deaths per 100 live births in 1965.

What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ghana?

The lowest recorded value was 1.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.

How does Ghana rank for neonatal mortality rate?

Ghana ranks 50th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.

Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Ghana?

Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Ghana data come from?

The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Neonatal mortality rate in Ghana

Name: Neonatal mortality rate in Ghana
Creator: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Ghana: Neonatal mortality rate was 1.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

1.81 deaths per 100 live births

Change on year

down 3.3%

World rank

50th

of 199 countries

All-time high

6.1 deaths per 100 live births

in 1965

All-time low

1.81 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1965–2024

Neonatal mortality rate in Ghana, 1965–2024

Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.

Analysis

Ghana recorded 1.81 deaths per 100 live births for neonatal mortality rate in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 60 years on record.

The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 28.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate in Ghana peaked at 6.1 deaths per 100 live births in 1965 and was at its lowest, 1.81 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.

Ghana ranks 50th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 60 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	6.07 deaths per 100 live births	6.04 deaths per 100 live births	6.1 deaths per 100 live births	5
1970s	5.63 deaths per 100 live births	5.24 deaths per 100 live births	6.01 deaths per 100 live births	10
1980s	4.76 deaths per 100 live births	4.3 deaths per 100 live births	5.17 deaths per 100 live births	10
1990s	3.91 deaths per 100 live births	3.6 deaths per 100 live births	4.2 deaths per 100 live births	10
2000s	3.24 deaths per 100 live births	2.99 deaths per 100 live births	3.52 deaths per 100 live births	10
2010s	2.49 deaths per 100 live births	2.1 deaths per 100 live births	2.9 deaths per 100 live births	10
2020s	1.92 deaths per 100 live births	1.81 deaths per 100 live births	2.04 deaths per 100 live births	5

Countries ranked near Ghana

47 Myanmar 1.96 deaths per 100 live births compare
48 Burundi 1.91 deaths per 100 live births compare
49 Angola 1.81 deaths per 100 live births compare
51 Bangladesh 1.79 deaths per 100 live births compare
52 Botswana 1.76 deaths per 100 live births compare
53 Rwanda 1.74 deaths per 100 live births compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is neonatal mortality rate in Ghana?: Neonatal mortality rate in Ghana was 1.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ghana?: The highest recorded value was 6.1 deaths per 100 live births in 1965.
What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate recorded in Ghana?: The lowest recorded value was 1.81 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
How does Ghana rank for neonatal mortality rate?: Ghana ranks 50th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is neonatal mortality rate rising or falling in Ghana?: Over the last ten years it is down 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ghana data come from?: The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Neonatal mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .