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Luxembourg
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
LUXEMBOURG VS GHANA

Compare Luxembourg and Ghana health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Ghana
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Luxembourg Population Pyramid
789,943
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Ghana GHANA
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.1
71.9
68.9
26
23
23
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
67.0
73.8
70.3
25
22
24
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
69.3
76.3
72.7
29
18
23
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
30
15
23
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
74.5
80.9
77.8
24
14
19
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
78.0
83.1
80.6
17
16
17
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
80.6
84.2
82.4
12
13
12
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.6
84.2
12
13
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
80.6
84.2
12
13
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
80.9
84.4
12
15
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
80.9
84.4
12
15
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
80.9
84.4
12
15
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
81.0
84.5
14
15
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
81.1
84.5
14
15
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
81.1
84.6
14
15
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
81.2
84.6
15
18
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
81.4
84.7
17
17
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
81.6
84.8
19
17
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
81.9
85.1
19
16
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
82.4
85.4
19
16
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
82.9
85.8
22
20
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
83.8
86.4
21
21
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
85.2
87.2
16
19
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
86.8
88.3
14
17
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
88.7
89.8
15
18
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
90.9
91.6
32
21
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
48.90
164
119.93
79
2. Lung Cancers
25.47
25
1.71
177
3. Breast Cancer
20.22
49
19.09
60
4. Lung Disease
18.82
109
26.48
69
5. Stroke
18.65
174
124.02
35
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.33
77
17.79
85
7. Prostate Cancer
11.88
125
24.21
50
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.34
57
6.86
121
9. Suicide
8.62
88
10.54
64
10. Liver Disease
8.07
141
36.74
35
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.58
171
99.08
26
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.48
30
2.52
128
13. Other Injuries
7.14
99
10.75
58
14. Kidney Disease
6.35
159
30.38
56
15. Ovary Cancer
5.99
32
8.00
7
16. Lymphomas
5.72
54
5.70
55
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.83
171
44.68
47
18. Leukemia
4.71
31
1.38
163
19. Falls
4.59
111
8.85
34
20. Liver Cancer
4.48
116
17.60
10
21. Stomach Cancer
4.48
125
6.41
86
22. Endocrine Disorders
4.44
74
6.88
37
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
88
4.48
70
24. Other Neoplasms
4.02
21
0.41
98
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.87
116
11.13
23
26. Road Traffic Accidents
3.62
165
31.33
46
27. Bladder Cancer
3.49
41
1.91
102
28. Hypertension
3.39
164
17.73
94
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3.03
72
2.61
87
30. Alcohol
2.81
40
1.37
94
31. Uterin Cancer
2.58
77
2.86
68
32. Cervical Cancer
1.93
170
24.53
27
33. Oral Cancer
1.92
137
2.86
86
34. Skin Cancers
1.92
90
1.57
114
35. Congenital Anomalies
1.87
179
7.03
51
36. Epilepsy
1.53
95
1.45
103
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.36
95
1.73
80
38. Malnutrition
1.15
96
8.62
36
39. Drug Use
1.05
113
3.31
22
40. Low Birth Weight
0.65
175
9.43
38
41. Schizophrenia
0.56
6
0.00
102
42. Anemia
0.51
22
0.00
105
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
174
2.19
103
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.44
163
30.48
50
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.42
40
0.59
30
46. Violence
0.42
180
6.73
72
47. Asthma
0.39
170
13.95
42
48. Hepatitis C
0.39
23
0.15
73
49. HIV/AIDS
0.32
132
51.92
22
50. Skin Disease
0.31
159
1.87
77
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
655
18.64
14,103
8.06
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
298
8.48
1,294
0.74
3. Lung Cancers
260
7.40
237
0.14
4. Stroke
257
7.31
15,163
8.67
5. Lung Disease
242
6.89
3,120
1.78
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
131
3.73
803
0.46
7. Breast Cancer
113
3.22
1,937
1.11
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
3.16
16,262
9.29
9. Kidney Disease
91
2.59
4,161
2.38
10. Other Injuries
88
2.50
2,433
1.39
11. Pancreas Cancer
82
2.33
334
0.19
12. Liver Disease
75
2.13
6,053
3.46
13. Suicide
69
1.96
1,993
1.14
14. Lymphomas
64
1.82
875
0.50
15. Prostate Cancer
64
1.82
1,031
0.59
16. Parkinson's Disease
62
1.76
387
0.22
17. Falls
61
1.74
1,168
0.67
18. Diabetes Mellitus
61
1.74
5,929
3.39
19. Hypertension
54
1.54
2,231
1.28
20. Leukemia
53
1.51
340
0.19
21. Endocrine Disorders
53
1.51
1,965
1.12
22. Stomach Cancer
51
1.45
870
0.50
23. Liver Cancer
49
1.39
2,851
1.63
24. Inflammatory/Heart
49
1.39
1,615
0.92
25. Other Neoplasms
49
1.39
48
0.03
26. Bladder Cancer
44
1.25
245
0.14
27. Ovary Cancer
35
1.00
698
0.40
28. Oesophagus Cancer
32
0.91
285
0.16
29. Road Traffic Accidents
25
0.71
7,808
4.46
30. Alcohol
25
0.71
244
0.14
31. Skin Cancers
22
0.63
214
0.12
32. Malnutrition
19
0.54
1,868
1.07
33. Oral Cancer
19
0.54
483
0.28
34. Rheumatic Heart Disease
19
0.54
256
0.15
35. Epilepsy
17
0.48
329
0.19
36. Uterin Cancer
16
0.46
219
0.13
37. Congenital Anomalies
10
0.28
3,935
2.25
38. Cervical Cancer
10
0.28
2,161
1.24
39. Drug Use
9
0.26
630
0.36
40. Anemia
8
0.23
0
0.00
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.20
321
0.18
42. Schizophrenia
6
0.17
0
0.00
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.17
6,538
3.74
44. Skin Disease
5
0.14
264
0.15
45. Asthma
5
0.14
1,979
1.13
46. Multiple Sclerosis
4
0.11
113
0.06
47. Hepatitis C
4
0.11
28
0.02
48. Violence
3
0.09
1,857
1.06
49. Fires
3
0.09
729
0.42
50. Low Birth Weight
3
0.09
6,662
3.81
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.47
25
1.71
177
2. Breast Cancer
20.22
49
19.09
60
3. Prostate Cancer
11.88
125
24.21
50
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.34
57
6.86
121
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.48
30
2.52
128
6. Ovary Cancer
5.99
32
8.00
7
7. Lymphomas
5.72
54
5.70
55
8. Leukemia
4.71
31
1.38
163
9. Liver Cancer
4.48
116
17.60
10
10. Stomach Cancer
4.48
125
6.41
86
11. Bladder Cancer
3.49
41
1.91
102
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.03
72
2.61
87
13. Uterin Cancer
2.58
77
2.86
68
14. Cervical Cancer
1.93
170
24.53
27
15. Oral Cancer
1.92
137
2.86
86
16. Skin Cancers
1.92
90
1.57
114
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.