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Ghana
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.

Global rank#50out of 196 countries
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Historical trend

61.050.339.628.818.1196519952024Ghana · 2024: 18.10Ghana

Analytical takeaways

  • Ghana records 18.10 for Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) in 2024, ranking #50 globally out of 196 countries.
  • Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) declined from 61.00 in 1965 to 18.10 in 2024, a decrease of 42.90.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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