Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 3.42% to 28.2 in Ghana in 2023, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Ghana reached an all time high of 122 in 1960 and an all time low of 28.2 in 2023. When compared to Ghana's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Benin amounted to 46.4, 46.6 in Ivory Coast and 35.9 in Togo in 2023.
Ghana has been ranked 50th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births, 3 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Benin | 54.4 | 53.1 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 53.1 | 51.6 | 50.2 | 48.7 | 47.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 35.1 | 33.9 | 32.6 | 31.4 | 30.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 69.4 | 68.5 | 67.4 | 66.0 | 64.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 55.8 | 54.1 | 52.3 | 50.9 | 49.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 60.6 | 59.4 | 58.2 | 56.8 | 55.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 66.6 | 65.1 | 63.7 | 62.1 | 60.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 69.4 | 69.4 | 69.5 | 69.4 | 69.0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 68.6 | 67.4 | 66.1 | 64.7 | 63.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 42.7 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 39.1 | 38.0 |
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