Democratic Republic of Congo vs Ghana: Number of confirmed cases of tetanus

Democratic Republic of Congo

474 Cases

in 2024

Ghana

628 Cases

in 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

10th

Ghana rank

9th

Number of confirmed cases of tetanus over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Ghana

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 628 Cases against 474 Cases in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 154 Cases.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.3 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Ghana ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 10th and Ghana ranks 9th of 210 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Number of confirmed cases of tetanus
Unit: Cases
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 210 places, 8,305 data points, 1974–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The annual number of confirmed cases of tetanus. Confirmed numbers underestimate the actual number of tetanus cases, due to limited testing and reporting capacity.