Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.49% to 23.5 in Ghana in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Ghana reached an all time high of 60.2 in 1965 and an all time low of 23.5 in 2019. When compared to Ghana's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Benin amounted to 30.2, 33.9 in Ivory Coast and 25.0 in Togo in 2019.
Ghana has been ranked 36th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Benin | 32.3 | 31.9 | 31.5 | 31.1 | 30.6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 28.8 | 28.2 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 26.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 26.8 | 26.0 | 25.4 | 24.7 | 24.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | 32.4 | 31.9 | 31.4 | 31.1 | 30.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | 36.8 | 36.2 | 35.6 | 35.0 | 34.5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | 32.3 | 32.2 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mali | 35.6 | 34.9 | 34.2 | 33.6 | 32.9 | |||||||||||||||||
| Niger | 27.4 | 26.8 | 26.2 | 25.7 | 25.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | 37.3 | 37.2 | 37.0 | 36.7 | 36.3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Togo | 27.4 | 26.9 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 25.4 |
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