Ghana - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Ghana was 65.48 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 65.48 in 2020 and a minimum value of 46.15 in 1960.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 46.15
1961 46.62
1962 47.06
1963 47.48
1964 47.88
1965 48.26
1966 48.65
1967 49.03
1968 49.43
1969 49.84
1970 50.26
1971 50.67
1972 51.08
1973 51.46
1974 51.81
1975 52.14
1976 52.44
1977 52.72
1978 52.99
1979 53.25
1980 53.52
1981 53.80
1982 54.11
1983 54.44
1984 54.81
1985 55.21
1986 55.69
1987 56.22
1988 56.78
1989 57.35
1990 57.88
1991 58.30
1992 58.58
1993 58.70
1994 58.67
1995 58.52
1996 58.29
1997 58.05
1998 57.86
1999 57.75
2000 57.76
2001 57.93
2002 58.21
2003 58.60
2004 59.07
2005 59.60
2006 60.14
2007 60.67
2008 61.16
2009 61.59
2010 61.97
2011 62.31
2012 62.65
2013 63.00
2014 63.37
2015 63.75
2016 64.13
2017 64.50
2018 64.85
2019 65.18
2020 65.48

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Ghana was 64.35 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 64.35 in 2020 and a minimum value of 45.84 in 1960.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)

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Year Value
1960 45.84
1961 46.28
1962 46.70
1963 47.09
1964 47.47
1965 47.82
1966 48.16
1967 48.47
1968 48.77
1969 49.06
1970 49.34
1971 49.63
1972 49.91
1973 50.21
1974 50.51
1975 50.81
1976 51.11
1977 51.41
1978 51.70
1979 51.98
1980 52.28
1981 52.59
1982 52.92
1983 53.29
1984 53.69
1985 54.13
1986 54.62
1987 55.16
1988 55.72
1989 56.27
1990 56.78
1991 57.18
1992 57.46
1993 57.61
1994 57.62
1995 57.53
1996 57.37
1997 57.19
1998 57.05
1999 56.97
2000 57.00
2001 57.16
2002 57.43
2003 57.79
2004 58.23
2005 58.72
2006 59.23
2007 59.74
2008 60.22
2009 60.65
2010 61.03
2011 61.38
2012 61.72
2013 62.06
2014 62.42
2015 62.77
2016 63.12
2017 63.46
2018 63.78
2019 64.07
2020 64.35

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Ghana was 63.24 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 63.24 in 2020 and a minimum value of 45.53 in 1960.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

See also:

Year Value
1960 45.53
1961 45.94
1962 46.32
1963 46.70
1964 47.05
1965 47.37
1966 47.66
1967 47.91
1968 48.11
1969 48.29
1970 48.45
1971 48.62
1972 48.80
1973 49.02
1974 49.27
1975 49.55
1976 49.85
1977 50.16
1978 50.47
1979 50.77
1980 51.08
1981 51.41
1982 51.77
1983 52.16
1984 52.59
1985 53.06
1986 53.57
1987 54.11
1988 54.66
1989 55.19
1990 55.68
1991 56.07
1992 56.35
1993 56.51
1994 56.57
1995 56.53
1996 56.43
1997 56.31
1998 56.22
1999 56.18
2000 56.23
2001 56.38
2002 56.63
2003 56.97
2004 57.38
2005 57.84
2006 58.33
2007 58.82
2008 59.28
2009 59.71
2010 60.10
2011 60.46
2012 60.80
2013 61.14
2014 61.47
2015 61.81
2016 62.13
2017 62.44
2018 62.72
2019 62.99
2020 63.24

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality