# Life expectancy at birth in Ghana

Life expectancy at birth in Ghana was 65.7 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `gh`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/ghana
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/ghana.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=gh

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 65.7 |
| 2023 | 65.5 |
| 2022 | 65.25 |
| 2021 | 64.29 |
| 2020 | 64.31 |
| 2019 | 64.46 |
| 2018 | 64.14 |
| 2017 | 63.83 |
| 2016 | 63.52 |
| 2015 | 63.18 |
| 2014 | 62.83 |
| 2013 | 62.4 |
| 2012 | 62 |
| 2011 | 61.62 |
| 2010 | 61.3 |
| 2009 | 60.93 |
| 2008 | 60.58 |
| 2007 | 60.28 |
| 2006 | 59.98 |
| 2005 | 59.64 |
| 2004 | 59.32 |
| 2003 | 59.01 |
| 2002 | 58.71 |
| 2001 | 58.4 |
| 2000 | 58.14 |
| 1999 | 57.84 |
| 1998 | 57.53 |
| 1997 | 57.24 |
| 1996 | 56.96 |
| 1995 | 56.66 |
| 1994 | 56.23 |
| 1993 | 56.29 |
| 1992 | 56.06 |
| 1991 | 55.72 |
| 1990 | 55.4 |
| 1989 | 54.94 |
| 1988 | 54.4 |
| 1987 | 53.82 |
| 1986 | 53.28 |
| 1985 | 52.73 |
| 1984 | 52.23 |
| 1983 | 51.78 |
| 1982 | 51.43 |
| 1981 | 51.31 |
| 1980 | 51.06 |
| 1979 | 50.79 |
| 1978 | 50.46 |
| 1977 | 50.08 |
| 1976 | 49.73 |
| 1975 | 49.32 |
| 1974 | 48.92 |
| 1973 | 48.58 |
| 1972 | 48.27 |
| 1971 | 47.95 |
| 1970 | 47.89 |
| 1969 | 47.9 |
| 1968 | 47.76 |
| 1967 | 47.73 |
| 1966 | 47.71 |
| 1965 | 47.69 |
| 1964 | 47.64 |
| 1963 | 47.48 |
| 1962 | 47.34 |
| 1961 | 47.13 |
| 1960 | 46.94 |