Ghana Social: Health Statistics
GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population
GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data was reported at 0.470 Ratio in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.520 Ratio for 2023. GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1.100 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.400 Ratio in 1994 and a record low of 0.470 Ratio in 2024. GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations expressed per 1,000 uninfected population in the year before the period.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.470 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24
GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data was reported at 0.760 Ratio in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.810 Ratio for 2023. GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 1.400 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.500 Ratio in 1994 and a record low of 0.760 Ratio in 2024. GH: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations ages 15-24 expressed per 1,000 uninfected population ages 15-24 in the year before the period.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.770 2022 | yearly | 1990 - 2022 |
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GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24
GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 4,700.000 Number in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 5,000.000 Number for 2023. GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 6,400.000 Number from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,000.000 Number in 1994 and a record low of 4,700.000 Number in 2024. GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 4,600.000 2022 | yearly | 1990 - 2022 |
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GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49
GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data was reported at 13,000.000 Number in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 14,000.000 Number for 2023. GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data is updated yearly, averaging 17,000.000 Number from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 28,000.000 Number in 1994 and a record low of 13,000.000 Number in 2024. GH: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 13,000.000 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults
GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data was reported at 3.400 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.500 % for 2021. GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 5.100 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.100 % in 2000 and a record low of 3.400 % in 2022. GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 3.400 2022 | yearly | 2000 - 2022 |
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GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults
GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data was reported at 0.300 % in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.300 % for 2021. GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 0.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.100 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.300 % in 2022. GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the female population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.300 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults
GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data was reported at 6.500 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 6.700 % for 2021. GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 9.500 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.100 % in 2000 and a record low of 6.500 % in 2022. GH: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the male population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 6.600 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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GH: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
GH: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 44.500 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 42.400 % for 2022. GH: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 38.200 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2023, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 44.500 % in 2023 and a record low of 36.600 % in 2020. GH: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 44.500 2023 | yearly | 2015 - 2023 |
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GH: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate
GH: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 1.800 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.800 % for 2023. GH: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 2.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.400 % in 2003 and a record low of 1.800 % in 2024. GH: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME);Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.900 2022 | yearly | 2000 - 2022 |
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GH: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
GH: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 9.400 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.200 % for 2022. GH: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 6.000 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2023, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.400 % in 2023 and a record low of 5.100 % in 2015. GH: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. A household is classified as severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences described in the FIES questions, such as to have been forced to reduce the quantity of the food, to have skipped meals, having gone hungry, or having to go for a whole day without eating because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 9.400 2023 | yearly | 2015 - 2023 |
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GH: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate
GH: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 15.600 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 15.600 % for 2023. GH: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 22.300 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.800 % in 2000 and a record low of 15.600 % in 2024. GH: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, publisher: JME; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME; World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 12.700 2022 | yearly | 2000 - 2022 |
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Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults
Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data was reported at 36.730 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 36.140 % for 2021. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 26.960 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.730 % in 2022 and a record low of 12.580 % in 1990. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 36.730 2022 | yearly | 1990 - 2022 |