Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Ghana
Ghana: Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage was 99 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Ghana, 1980–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 99 for perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in 2025. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Ghana peaked at 99 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 7, in 1980.
Ghana ranks 1st of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 7 | — |
| 1981 | 22 | +214.3% |
| 1982 | 23 | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 23 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 19 | -17.4% |
| 1985 | 22 | +15.8% |
| 1986 | 35 | +59.1% |
| 1987 | 42 | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 47 | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 51 | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 58 | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 60 | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 62 | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 66 | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 70 | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 70 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 71 | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 71 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 76 | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 79 | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 88 | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 79 | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 78 | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 80 | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 80 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 84 | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 94 | +11.9% |
| 2008 | 93 | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 94 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 94 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 91 | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 92 | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 90 | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 98 | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 89 | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 93 | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 99 | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 97 | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 94 | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 98 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 99 | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 95 | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 95 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 99 | +4.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 99 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 86, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 99 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +214.3% | 7 | 22 |
| 1986 | +59.1% | 22 | 35 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 29.1 | 7 | 51 | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.3 | 58 | 79 | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.4 | 78 | 94 | 10 |
| 2010s | 94 | 89 | 99 | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.67 | 94 | 99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99 compare
- 1 Bhutan 99 compare
- 1 Brunei 99 compare
- 1 Cuba 99 compare
- 1 El Salvador 99 compare
- 1 Guyana 99 compare
- 1 Hungary 99 compare
- 1 Latvia 99 compare
- 1 Luxembourg 99 compare
- 1 Maldives 99 compare
- 1 Malta 99 compare
- 1 Monaco 99 compare
- 1 North Korea 99 compare
- 1 Oman 99 compare
- 1 Palestine 99 compare
- 1 Portugal 99 compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 compare
- 1 Tuvalu 99 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)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 8,361 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.5623 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.06 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.5816 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0619 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Ghana?
- Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage in Ghana was 99 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 99 in 2017.
- What is the lowest perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 in 1980.
- How does Ghana rank for perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage?
- Ghana ranks 1st out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
- Is perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Perception of the safety of vaccines vs vaccine coverage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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