Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Ghana
Ghana: Yellow fever - number of reported cases was 0 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0
Change on year
down 100.0%
World rank
26th
of 199 countries
All-time high
494
in 1979
All-time low
0
in 1988
Years of data
48
1974–2025
Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Ghana, 1974–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0 for yellow fever - number of reported cases in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 48 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, yellow fever - number of reported cases in Ghana peaked at 494 in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1988.
Ghana ranks 26th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 1 | — |
| 1975 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 110 | +5400.0% |
| 1978 | 219 | +99.1% |
| 1979 | 494 | +125.6% |
| 1980 | 9 | -98.2% |
| 1981 | 4 | -55.6% |
| 1982 | 6 | +50.0% |
| 1983 | 372 | +6100.0% |
| 1988 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 39 | — |
| 1994 | 79 | +102.6% |
| 1995 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1996 | 182 | — |
| 1997 | 6 | -96.7% |
| 1998 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 51 | — |
| 2003 | 24 | -52.9% |
| 2004 | 1 | -95.8% |
| 2005 | 2 | +100.0% |
| 2006 | 79 | +3850.0% |
| 2007 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 155 | — |
| 2011 | 30 | -80.6% |
| 2012 | 3 | -90.0% |
| 2013 | 7 | +133.3% |
| 2014 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | 1 | — |
| 2017 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0 | — |
| 2019 | 0 | — |
| 2020 | 0 | — |
| 2021 | 55 | — |
| 2022 | 29 | -47.3% |
| 2023 | 1 | -96.6% |
| 2024 | 150 | +14900.0% |
| 2025 | 0 | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 138 | 1 | 494 | 6 |
| 1980s | 65.17 | 0 | 372 | 6 |
| 1990s | 30.6 | 0 | 182 | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.7 | 0 | 79 | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.6 | 0 | 155 | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.17 | 0 | 150 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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- 26 Maldives 0
- 26 El Salvador 0
- 26 Palau 0
- 26 Guam 0
- 26 Turkmenistan 0
- 26 Guinea 0 compare
- 26 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 26 Northern Mariana Islands 0
- 26 Mauritius 0
- 26 Afghanistan 0
- 26 Montenegro 0
- 26 Cape Verde 0
- 26 Brunei Darussalam 0
- 26 Belarus 0
- 26 Bulgaria 0
- 26 British Virgin Islands 0
- 26 Luxembourg 0
- 26 Guatemala 0
- 26 Serbia 0
- 26 Lebanon 0
- 26 Bermuda 0
- 26 Haiti 0
- 26 Ukraine 0
- 26 Germany 0
- 26 Mongolia 0
- 26 Antigua and Barbuda 0
- 26 Syria 0
- 26 Latvia 0
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- 26 Mauritania 0 compare
- 26 Portugal 0
- 26 Grenada 0
- 26 Saudi Arabia 0
- 26 Bahrain 0
- 26 Paraguay 0 compare
- 26 Uruguay 0
- 26 Seychelles 0
- 26 Eritrea 0
- 26 New Zealand 0
- 26 French Polynesia 0
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- 26 Estonia 0
- 26 Republic of Moldova 0
- 26 Albania 0
- 26 Sweden 0
- 26 Croatia 0
- 26 Zambia 0
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- 26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 compare
- 26 Timor-Leste 0
- 26 Italy 0
- 26 Iceland 0
- 26 South Africa 0
- 26 Macao 0
- 26 Armenia 0
- 26 Belgium 0 compare
- 26 Australia 0
- 26 Singapore 0
- 26 Solomon Islands 0
- 26 Dominican Republic 0
- 26 Samoa 0
- 26 Barbados 0
- 26 Romania 0 compare
- 26 Japan 0
- 26 Honduras 0
- 26 Oman 0
- 26 Eswatini 0
- 26 Hong Kong 0
- 26 North Korea 0
- 26 Kenya 0 compare
- 26 Turks and Caicos Islands 0
- 26 Fiji 0
- 26 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
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- 26 Rwanda 0
- 26 Republic of Korea 0
- 26 Niue 0
- 26 Malaysia 0
- 26 United States 0 compare
- 26 Argentina 0 compare
- 26 Anguilla 0
- 26 Georgia 0 compare
- 26 Uzbekistan 0
- 26 Ireland 0
- 26 Sao Tome and Principe 0
- 26 Micronesia (country) 0
- 26 Malta 0
- 26 Slovenia 0
- 26 Kiribati 0
- 26 Sri Lanka 0
- 26 Netherlands 0 compare
- 26 Greece 0
- 26 Sierra Leone 0 compare
- 26 Jamaica 0
- 26 Zimbabwe 0
- 26 Algeria 0
- 26 Saint Lucia 0
- 26 Belize 0
- 26 Nicaragua 0
- 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0
- 26 Libya 0
- 26 Thailand 0
- 26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0
- 26 Montserrat 0
- 26 Costa Rica 0
- 26 North Macedonia 0
- 26 United Arab Emirates 0
- 26 Finland 0
- 26 Iraq 0
- 26 Norway 0
- 26 Cyprus 0
- 26 Botswana 0
- 26 Iran 0
- 26 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0
- 26 Naoero 0
- 26 Comoros 0
- 26 Mexico 0
- 26 Austria 0
- 26 Denmark 0
- 26 Benin 0 compare
- 26 Slovakia 0
- 26 Andorra 0
- 26 Bhutan 0
- 26 Kuwait 0
- 26 Lithuania 0
- 26 Senegal 0 compare
- 26 Yemen 0
- 26 New Caledonia 0
- 26 Dominica 0
- 26 Jordan 0
- 26 Poland 0
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- 26 Palestine, State of 0
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- 26 Cook Islands 0
- 26 Marshall Islands 0
- 26 Cuba 0
- 26 Kazakhstan 0
- 26 Indonesia 0
- 26 Lesotho 0
- 26 Azerbaijan 0
- 26 Bahamas 0
- 26 Chile 0 compare
- 26 Cayman Islands 0
- 26 Czechia 0 compare
- 26 Djibouti 0
- 26 Spain 0 compare
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- 26 Hungary 0
- 26 Madagascar 0
- 26 Papua New Guinea 0
- 26 Qatar 0
- 26 Tonga 0
- 26 Vanuatu 0
- 26 American Samoa 0
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- 26 Burundi 0 compare
- 26 Tokelau 0
- 26 Tuvalu 0
- 26 Mozambique 0
- 26 Morocco 0
- 26 Tunisia 0
- 26 Tajikistan 0
- 26 Russian Federation 0
- 26 Wallis and Futuna 0
- 26 Cambodia 0
- 26 Malawi 0
- 26 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 26 Monaco 0
- 26 Aruba 0
- 26 Türkiye 0
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yellow fever - number of reported cases in Ghana?
- Yellow fever - number of reported cases in Ghana was 0 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest yellow fever - number of reported cases recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 494 in 1979.
- What is the lowest yellow fever - number of reported cases recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1988.
- How does Ghana rank for yellow fever - number of reported cases?
- Ghana ranks 26th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Yellow fever - number of reported cases. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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