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Ghana - Infant Mortality Rate 1986

Name: Ghana Infant Mortality Rate 1986
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

82.9 −2.2 from 1985 Global rank: 144th

Ghana's infant mortality rate was 82.9 in 1986, decreased +2.2 from 85.1 in 1985. This was the 144th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1986▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1986
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Japan	5.2	-5.5%
2nd	Iceland	5.9	-3.3%
3rd	Finland	6.0	-1.6%
4th	Sweden	6.3	-1.6%
5th	Switzerland	7.2	-1.4%
6th	Monaco	7.6	-5.0%
7th	Canada	7.7	-3.8%
8th	Netherlands	7.7	-2.5%
9th	Denmark	8.0	1.3%
10th	France	8.3	-2.4%
11th	Norway	8.3	0.0%
12th	Singapore	8.3	-5.7%
13th	Ireland	8.6	-3.4%
14th	Germany	8.7	-5.4%
15th	Spain	8.8	-4.3%
16th	Luxembourg	9.0	-4.3%
17th	Australia	9.1	-2.2%
18th	United Kingdom	9.4	-3.1%
19th	Belgium	9.5	-3.1%
20th	Andorra	9.9	-2.0%
21st	Italy	9.9	-5.7%
22nd	Austria	10.0	-5.7%
23rd	Antigua and Barbuda	10.4	-1.0%
24th	United States	10.4	-1.9%
25th	Cyprus	11.0	-8.3%
26th	New Zealand	11.0	-2.7%
27th	Brunei Darussalam	11.2	-5.1%
28th	Israel	11.6	-4.9%
29th	Slovenia	11.6	-5.7%
30th	Malta	11.7	-4.9%
31st	Czechia	11.9	-2.5%
32nd	Greece	12.1	-6.2%
33rd	Latvia	12.4	-6.1%
34th	Lithuania	12.8	-5.9%
35th	Cuba	13.4	-5.0%
36th	Belarus	13.7	-3.5%
37th	Estonia	14.7	-2.0%
38th	Croatia	14.8	-6.3%
39th	Bulgaria	14.9	-5.7%
40th	Slovak Republic	15.0	-4.5%
41st	Seychelles	15.0	-4.5%
42nd	United Arab Emirates	15.3	-7.3%
43rd	San Marino	15.4	-8.3%
44th	Portugal	15.5	-6.1%
45th	Malaysia	15.6	-5.5%
46th	Dominica	15.7	-1.9%
47th	Poland	17.2	-3.4%
48th	Korea	17.5	-8.9%
49th	Costa Rica	18.0	-3.2%
50th	Kuwait	18.3	-6.2%
51st	Hungary	18.5	-4.1%
52nd	Chile	18.7	-0.5%
53rd	Barbados	18.8	-3.1%
54th	Turks and Caicos Islands	18.8	-6.0%
55th	St. Lucia	19.1	-3.5%
56th	Russian Federation	19.4	-3.0%
57th	Ukraine	20.0	-3.8%
58th	Sri Lanka	20.2	-8.6%
59th	Montenegro	20.3	-9.0%
60th	Tonga	20.4	-2.4%
61st	Bahrain	21.2	-3.6%
62nd	Grenada	21.9	-3.9%
63rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.1	-8.3%
64th	Qatar	22.3	-5.5%
65th	British Virgin Islands	22.9	-3.8%
66th	Bahamas, The	23.0	-1.7%
67th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	24.0	-7.7%
68th	Mauritius	24.2	1.7%
69th	Uruguay	24.2	-4.0%
70th	Fiji	25.1	-4.6%
71st	Argentina	25.4	-3.1%
72nd	Romania	25.9	5.3%
73rd	Samoa	26.1	-3.7%
74th	Panama	27.2	-3.5%
75th	Jamaica	27.6	-2.8%
76th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	29.0	0.0%
77th	St. Kitts and Nevis	29.5	-5.4%
78th	Solomon Islands	31.7	-3.1%
79th	Trinidad and Tobago	31.8	-2.2%
80th	Palau	32.1	-2.4%
81st	Serbia	32.4	-3.6%
82nd	Moldova	32.6	-4.4%
83rd	Colombia	33.9	-9.4%
84th	Albania	34.6	-7.0%
85th	Vanuatu	34.8	-6.5%
86th	Jordan	35.9	-4.0%
87th	Syrian Arab Republic	36.6	-4.2%
88th	Lebanon	37.8	-4.5%
89th	Thailand	38.2	-4.5%
90th	Belize	38.9	-4.9%
91st	Libya	39.2	-5.1%
92nd	Georgia	39.7	-2.0%
93rd	Suriname	41.1	-2.1%
94th	Marshall Islands	42.4	-3.0%
95th	Viet Nam	42.9	-2.3%
96th	China	43.0	0.0%
97th	Paraguay	43.3	-3.3%
98th	Tunisia	43.7	-4.8%
99th	Botswana	44.1	-5.2%
100th	North Macedonia	44.6	-1.8%
101st	Mexico	45.1	-4.2%
102nd	Tuvalu	46.0	-1.1%
103rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	46.4	-2.1%
104th	Oman	46.6	-10.0%
105th	Philippines	46.9	-3.1%
106th	Iraq	48.1	-2.4%
107th	West Bank and Gaza	48.3	-5.5%
108th	Algeria	48.9	-11.9%
109th	Kazakhstan	49.8	-3.7%
110th	Cabo Verde	50.7	-3.6%
111th	Ecuador	51.4	-5.0%
112th	Honduras	53.5	-4.6%
113th	Armenia	53.9	-3.9%
114th	Dominican Republic	54.9	-3.0%
115th	Saudi Arabia	55.5	-7.2%
116th	Guyana	56.3	-1.1%
117th	Congo, Republic of	56.6	-1.6%
118th	Zimbabwe	56.9	-4.8%
119th	El Salvador	58.3	-5.5%
120th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	60.0	-5.4%
121st	Brazil	60.1	-3.5%
122nd	Nicaragua	61.9	-4.0%
123rd	Namibia	62.1	-3.1%
124th	Kenya	62.6	0.0%
125th	Gabon	62.7	-1.9%
126th	South Africa	64.0	-5.0%
127th	São Tomé and Principe	64.5	8.4%
128th	Eswatini	64.5	-4.3%
129th	Kyrgyz Republic	65.6	-4.9%
130th	Uzbekistan	66.8	-4.6%
131st	Papua New Guinea	69.7	-1.7%
132nd	Nauru	70.6	-4.5%
133rd	Guatemala	71.3	-3.9%
134th	Peru	72.2	-4.7%
135th	Indonesia	73.9	-2.9%
136th	Türkiye	75.9	-5.2%
137th	Morocco	76.2	-4.3%
138th	Azerbaijan	78.2	-1.8%
139th	Kiribati	79.5	-2.8%
140th	Turkmenistan	80.0	-4.9%
141st	Mauritania	80.5	-4.2%
142nd	Lesotho	81.3	-3.1%
143rd	Senegal	82.8	-3.8%
144th	Ghana	82.9	-2.6%
145th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	83.1	-6.6%
146th	Mongolia	83.7	-2.8%
147th	Tajikistan	84.4	-4.1%
148th	Cameroon	85.7	-3.6%
149th	Cambodia	86.2	-0.7%
150th	Sudan	87.5	-19.6%
151st	Rwanda	87.8	-2.0%
152nd	Maldives	88.6	-5.0%
153rd	Togo	89.3	-1.5%
154th	Burundi	90.8	-1.8%
155th	India	93.1	-2.3%
156th	Djibouti	93.6	-1.8%
157th	Zambia	93.9	3.2%
158th	Myanmar	95.8	-1.3%
159th	Madagascar	100.0	-0.8%
160th	Côte d'Ivoire	101.4	-0.7%
161st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	102.3	-2.8%
162nd	Nigeria	103.8	0.5%
163rd	Benin	105.0	-1.6%
164th	Comoros	106.2	-2.9%
165th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	106.4	-0.9%
166th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	106.6	0.4%
167th	Tanzania	108.4	0.2%
168th	Burkina Faso	109.1	-2.2%
169th	Gambia, The	109.8	-2.5%
170th	Haiti	109.8	-2.8%
171st	Yemen, Republic of	110.1	-4.2%
172nd	Central African Republic	110.2	-0.2%
173rd	Bangladesh	111.6	-3.3%
174th	Bhutan	112.8	-3.8%
175th	Uganda	113.5	-2.1%
176th	Kosovo	117.2	-6.4%
177th	Nepal	119.5	-3.5%
178th	Pakistan	119.6	-1.3%
179th	Equatorial Guinea	121.3	-1.3%
180th	Angola	122.4	-0.3%
181st	Chad	122.4	-1.1%
182nd	Lao PDR	122.5	-1.6%
183rd	Guinea-Bissau	130.1	-1.4%
184th	Eritrea	134.3	-1.6%
185th	Mali	134.5	-2.3%
186th	Malawi	136.7	1.9%
187th	Sierra Leone	137.0	-0.4%
188th	Guinea	144.5	-1.8%
189th	Niger	147.7	1.1%
190th	South Sudan	149.8	-0.7%
191st	Mozambique	150.3	-0.6%
192nd	Liberia	156.7	1.5%
193rd	Afghanistan	181.1	-10.6%
194th	Timor-Leste	193.9	-3.3%

FAQ

What was Ghana's infant mortality rate in 1986?▾

Ghana's infant mortality rate in 1986 was 82.9. This ranked 144th globally.

How did Ghana's infant mortality rate change in 1986?▾

Ghana's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.6% in 1986 compared to 1985.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1986?▾

Timor-Leste had the highest infant mortality rate in 1986 at 193.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Ghana in 1986?▾

The infant mortality rate of Ghana in 1986 was 82.9. This ranked 144th globally.

How does 1986 compare to 1985 for Ghana's infant mortality rate?▾

Ghana's infant mortality rate went from 85.1 in 1985 to 82.9 in 1986, a 2.6% decrease.

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