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Ghana's health and nutrition outcomes split by wealth quintile, by sex and by urban or rural residence: child mortality, stunting, immunisation, antenatal care, skilled birth attendance and contraceptive use, from the household surveys. Who is being left behind, rather than the national average. 420 series covering 1993-2019. Sourced from World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. 2910 records.
The newest figures in this dataset are from 2019; the source has published nothing newer. Check the dates before relying on a figure.
Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| series_code | TEXT NOT NULL |
| series_name | TEXT |
| period | TEXT |
| year | INTEGER NOT NULL |
| value | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| source | TEXT |
| series codeTEXT NOT NULL | series nameTEXT | periodTEXT | yearINTEGER NOT NULL | valueDECIMAL(24,6) | sourceTEXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SH.FPL.ACPT.Q1.ZS | Acceptability of media messages on family planning (% of women): Q1 (lowest) | 1998 | 1998 | 71.3 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| SH.FPL.ACPT.Q2.ZS | Acceptability of media messages on family planning (% of women): Q2 | 1998 | 1998 | 80.2 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| SH.FPL.ACPT.Q3.ZS | Acceptability of media messages on family planning (% of women): Q3 | 1998 | 1998 | 82.1 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| SH.FPL.ACPT.Q4.ZS | Acceptability of media messages on family planning (% of women): Q4 | 1998 | 1998 | 85 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| SH.FPL.ACPT.Q5.ZS | Acceptability of media messages on family planning (% of women): Q5 (highest) | 1998 | 1998 | 89.6 | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
2,905 more rows — see the plans
See the plansGET connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_by_wealth_quintile
Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (World Bank Open Data). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1993 to 2019; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.
API Ghana. (2026). Health by wealth quintile (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from World Bank Open Data]. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/health-by-wealth-quintile
curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_by_wealth_quintile?page=1&limit=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"
const response = await fetch(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_by_wealth_quintile?page=1&limit=20",
{ headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await response.json();import os, requests
response = requests.get(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/health_by_wealth_quintile",
headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)
rows = response.json()["data"]