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Ghana - Infant Mortality Rate 2006

Name: Ghana Infant Mortality Rate 2006
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Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank

52.1 −1.3 from 2005 Global rank: 153rd

Ghana's infant mortality rate was 52.1 in 2006, decreased +1.3 from 53.4 in 2005. This was the 153rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	2.3	-4.2%
2nd	Singapore	2.3	0.0%
3rd	Japan	2.7	0.0%
4th	Luxembourg	2.7	-6.9%
5th	Sweden	2.8	-6.7%
6th	Finland	2.9	-3.3%
7th	Norway	3.2	-3.0%
8th	San Marino	3.2	-8.6%
9th	Czechia	3.3	-5.7%
10th	France	3.3	-2.9%
11th	Slovenia	3.3	-5.7%
12th	Portugal	3.4	-8.1%
13th	Cyprus	3.6	-7.7%
14th	Monaco	3.6	-2.7%
15th	Spain	3.7	-2.6%
16th	Greece	3.7	-5.1%
17th	Italy	3.7	-2.6%
18th	Germany	3.8	-2.6%
19th	Denmark	3.9	-4.9%
20th	Austria	4.0	-2.4%
21st	Belgium	4.0	-2.4%
22nd	Ireland	4.1	-6.8%
23rd	Korea	4.1	-6.8%
24th	Switzerland	4.2	-2.3%
25th	Israel	4.3	-4.4%
26th	Netherlands	4.3	-2.3%
27th	European Union	4.7	-4.4%
28th	Australia	4.7	-2.1%
29th	United Kingdom	5.0	-2.0%
30th	Andorra	5.1	-5.6%
31st	Estonia	5.1	-8.9%
32nd	Canada	5.2	0.0%
33rd	Cuba	5.4	-3.6%
34th	New Zealand	5.4	-1.8%
35th	Croatia	5.5	-5.2%
36th	Malta	6.0	-1.6%
37th	Belarus	6.1	-9.0%
38th	Hungary	6.1	-4.7%
39th	Turks and Caicos Islands	6.1	-3.2%
40th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.3	-1.6%
41st	Poland	6.3	-3.1%
42nd	Malaysia	6.5	0.0%
43rd	Slovak Republic	6.6	-4.3%
44th	United States	6.7	-1.5%
45th	Lithuania	7.0	-4.1%
46th	Serbia	7.4	-5.1%
47th	United Arab Emirates	7.6	-1.3%
48th	Chile	7.6	-1.3%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	7.8	0.0%
50th	Latvia	8.1	-5.8%
51st	Qatar	8.4	-3.4%
52nd	Bahrain	8.5	-3.4%
53rd	Montenegro	8.5	-8.6%
54th	Costa Rica	9.6	-1.0%
55th	Kuwait	9.8	-1.0%
56th	Oman	10.1	-2.9%
57th	Russian Federation	10.2	-7.3%
58th	Bulgaria	10.4	-5.5%
59th	Antigua and Barbuda	10.5	-2.8%
60th	Sri Lanka	10.7	-4.5%
61st	North Macedonia	11.5	-5.7%
62nd	Uruguay	11.6	-6.5%
63rd	Tonga	11.7	-2.5%
64th	Seychelles	12.2	0.8%
65th	Albania	12.7	-5.9%
66th	Lebanon	12.7	-5.2%
67th	Grenada	13.0	0.0%
68th	Barbados	13.4	-0.7%
69th	Mauritius	13.5	-0.7%
70th	Ukraine	13.5	-3.6%
71st	Saudi Arabia	13.7	-6.2%
72nd	British Virgin Islands	13.9	0.0%
73rd	Argentina	14.0	-2.8%
74th	Romania	14.2	-8.4%
75th	Thailand	14.2	-4.1%
76th	Bahamas, The	14.4	-0.7%
77th	Samoa	15.1	0.7%
78th	St. Lucia	16.0	0.0%
79th	St. Kitts and Nevis	16.4	-2.4%
80th	Panama	16.6	-3.5%
81st	Maldives	16.7	-10.2%
82nd	Belize	16.8	-1.8%
83rd	Libya	16.8	-6.1%
84th	Moldova	17.2	-4.4%
85th	Georgia	17.3	-9.9%
86th	Fiji	17.4	0.6%
87th	China	17.7	-8.8%
88th	Viet Nam	17.7	-2.2%
89th	Jamaica	17.9	0.6%
90th	Syrian Arab Republic	17.9	-1.1%
91st	Palau	18.0	-3.2%
92nd	Tunisia	18.2	-3.7%
93rd	Colombia	18.3	-2.7%
94th	Mexico	18.5	-3.6%
95th	Ecuador	18.8	-3.6%
96th	El Salvador	19.0	-5.5%
97th	Jordan	19.1	-3.0%
98th	Türkiye	19.5	-7.6%
99th	Vanuatu	19.5	-1.5%
100th	Dominica	19.6	3.2%
101st	Brazil	19.7	-6.2%
102nd	Armenia	20.1	-5.6%
103rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	20.1	0.5%
104th	Peru	20.3	-5.1%
105th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	21.8	-6.4%
106th	West Bank and Gaza	21.8	-3.5%
107th	Solomon Islands	22.2	-0.4%
108th	Nicaragua	22.5	-4.7%
109th	Suriname	23.1	-2.5%
110th	Honduras	23.3	-3.3%
111th	Trinidad and Tobago	23.9	-1.6%
112th	Cabo Verde	24.1	0.8%
113th	Kazakhstan	24.2	-6.9%
114th	Philippines	24.5	-2.0%
115th	Paraguay	25.2	-2.3%
116th	Kosovo	25.4	-8.3%
117th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	25.9	-1.5%
118th	Algeria	27.9	-3.8%
119th	Mongolia	28.9	-8.3%
120th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	30.0	-3.8%
121st	Nauru	30.1	-3.5%
122nd	Dominican Republic	31.0	-0.6%
123rd	Tuvalu	31.2	-2.8%
124th	Micronesia, Federated States of	31.6	0.3%
125th	Indonesia	31.8	-4.2%
126th	São Tomé and Principe	32.2	-7.7%
127th	Kyrgyz Republic	32.6	-4.4%
128th	Guatemala	32.8	-3.5%
129th	Marshall Islands	33.0	-0.9%
130th	Iraq	34.3	-2.0%
131st	Morocco	34.9	-4.9%
132nd	Guyana	36.5	-1.9%
133rd	Namibia	36.8	-4.2%
134th	Tajikistan	38.3	-7.5%
135th	Azerbaijan	38.6	-6.8%
136th	Uzbekistan	38.8	-7.0%
137th	Turkmenistan	40.7	-5.3%
138th	Bhutan	41.2	-6.6%
139th	Eritrea	42.1	-2.8%
140th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	43.3	-5.3%
141st	Gabon	43.3	-2.5%
142nd	Botswana	43.8	1.9%
143rd	Bangladesh	43.9	-4.6%
144th	Kiribati	44.0	-0.9%
145th	South Africa	46.0	-4.0%
146th	Kenya	46.9	-5.1%
147th	Nepal	46.9	-3.9%
148th	Mauritania	49.0	-5.4%
149th	Senegal	50.1	-6.4%
150th	Papua New Guinea	50.4	-1.9%
151st	Cambodia	50.5	-7.3%
152nd	Congo, Republic of	52.1	-7.5%
153rd	Ghana	52.1	-2.4%
154th	Madagascar	52.3	-3.5%
155th	Comoros	52.9	-3.1%
156th	India	54.8	-3.4%
157th	Yemen, Republic of	55.8	-4.9%
158th	Zambia	57.5	-6.0%
159th	Rwanda	57.9	-9.4%
160th	Tanzania	59.0	-5.3%
161st	Togo	59.3	-2.8%
162nd	Gambia, The	59.4	-3.6%
163rd	Sudan	59.9	-10.3%
164th	Haiti	60.4	-2.1%
165th	Malawi	61.9	-4.9%
166th	Timor-Leste	62.2	-4.7%
167th	Uganda	62.7	-6.4%
168th	Myanmar	62.9	-3.2%
169th	Eswatini	65.6	-12.2%
170th	Benin	69.3	-2.3%
171st	Burundi	69.5	-5.3%
172nd	Zimbabwe	69.5	4.4%
173rd	Lao PDR	69.8	-4.0%
174th	Cameroon	71.3	-2.7%
175th	Djibouti	71.6	-2.3%
176th	Mozambique	75.7	-5.6%
177th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	75.9	-3.4%
178th	Burkina Faso	77.1	-4.0%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	78.1	-2.6%
180th	Pakistan	79.0	-1.7%
181st	Guinea	79.3	-2.6%
182nd	Niger	80.7	-4.8%
183rd	Nigeria	81.2	-3.0%
184th	Guinea-Bissau	81.5	-4.1%
185th	Lesotho	81.7	0.4%
186th	Liberia	82.8	-5.8%
187th	Mali	85.4	-2.7%
188th	Equatorial Guinea	87.3	-3.6%
189th	Central African Republic	87.8	-3.0%
190th	Angola	89.1	-5.6%
191st	Afghanistan	90.1	-3.8%
192nd	Chad	91.0	-2.2%
193rd	South Sudan	92.6	-4.1%
194th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	103.8	-0.4%
195th	Sierra Leone	106.0	-3.0%

FAQ

What was Ghana's infant mortality rate in 2006?▾

Ghana's infant mortality rate in 2006 was 52.1. This ranked 153rd globally.

How did Ghana's infant mortality rate change in 2006?▾

Ghana's infant mortality rate decreased by 2.4% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 2006?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest infant mortality rate in 2006 at 106.0.

What is the infant mortality rate of Ghana in 2006?▾

The infant mortality rate of Ghana in 2006 was 52.1. This ranked 153rd globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Ghana's infant mortality rate?▾

Ghana's infant mortality rate went from 53.4 in 2005 to 52.1 in 2006, a 2.4% decrease.

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