Ghana: DPT immunization rate
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| Ghana |
Percent of children ages 12-23 months with DPT immunization |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 95 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 1980 - 2024 |
| Average | 72 |
| Min - Max | 7 - 99 |
| Source | World Health Organization |
| Available for | Data download |
The latest value from 2024 is 95 percent, unchanged from 95 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 86 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Ghana from 1980 to 2024 is 72 percent. The minimum value, 7 percent, was reached in 1980 while the maximum of 99 percent was recorded in 2017.
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| Recent values | Ghana: DPT immunization rate |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 95 |
| 2023 | 95 |
| 2022 | 99 |
| 2021 | 98 |
| 2020 | 94 |
| 2019 | 97 |
| 2018 | 97 |
| 2017 | 99 |
Definition: Child immunization, DPT, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received DPT vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus (DPT) after receiving three doses of vaccine.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Health spending per capita | 70.26 | 2023 | U.S. dollars |
| Health spending as percent of GDP | 2.95 | 2023 | percent |
| Life expectancy | 65.69 | 2024 | years |
| Life expectancy, female | 68.16 | 2024 | years |
| Life expectancy, male | 63.31 | 2024 | years |
| Birth rate | 25.92 | 2024 | births per 1000 people |
| Death rate | 7.01 | 2024 | deaths per 1000 people |
| Fertility rate | 3.34 | 2024 | births per woman |
| HIV infections | 1.50 | 2024 | percent |
| Tuberculosis | 126.00 | 2024 | cases per 100,000 people |
| Diabetes prevalence | 2.70 | 2024 | percent |
| Prevalence of undernourishment | 6.30 | 2023 | percent |
| Access to drinking water, rural | 17.2 | 2024 | percent |
| Access to drinking water, urban | 60.2 | 2024 | percent |
| Suicides rate | 5.32 | 2021 | suicides per 100,000 people |
| DPT immunization rate | 95 | 2024 | percent |
| Hepatitis B immunization rate | 95 | 2024 | percent |
| Measles immunization rate | 90 | 2024 | percent |