Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits in Ghana
Ghana: Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits was 90.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits in Ghana, 1990–2019
Source: UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys. Measured in % of pregnant women.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 90.5% for pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits in 2019. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits in Ghana peaked at 90.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 58.9%, in 1990.
That places Ghana 7th out of 58 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % of pregnant women | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 58.9% | — |
| 1993 | 58.9% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 58.9% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 63.7% | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 62.3% | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 62.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 69.4% | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 73.3% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 76.7% | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 78.2% | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 86.6% | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 87.3% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 89.3% | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 85.0% | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 90.5% | +6.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 90.5% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 62.5%, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 90.5% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 56.8%, 1.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.5% | 58.9% | 63.7% | 5 |
| 2000s | 72.0% | 62.3% | 78.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 87.7% | 85.0% | 90.5% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits in Ghana?
- Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits in Ghana was 90.5% in 2019, according to UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys.
- What is the highest pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 90.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.9% in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits?
- Ghana ranks 7th out of 58 countries with data for 2019.
- Is pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, State of the World's Children, Childinfo, and Demographic and Health Surveys, published as part of Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits (% of pregnant women). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Pregnant women receiving prenatal care, at least four times, are the percentage of women attended at least four times during pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related to pregnancy.