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Ghana: Age dependency ratio

64.52percent · 2025-10.8% since 2015

Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Annual figures for Ghana from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202564.521
202465.362
202366.143
202266.919
202167.736
202068.615
201969.456
201870.222
201771.001
201671.731
201572.312
201472.733
201373.036
201273.29
201173.549
201073.876
200974.398
200875.131
200775.973
200676.843
200577.719
200478.677
200379.717
200280.827
200182.032
200083.18
199984.269
199885.515
199786.846
199687.88
199588.61
199489.521
199390.535
199291.278
199191.648
199091.855
198992.166
198892.424
198792.436
198692.092
198591.717
198491.613
198392.067
198293.015
198194.133
198095.476
197996.877
197898.375
1977100.09
1976102.013
1975103.483
1974104.325
1973105.13
1972105.819
1971106.353
1970106.578
1969106.331
1968105.777
1967105.067
1966104.214
1965103.165
1964101.88
1963100.24
196298.138
196195.684
196093.522

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Age dependency ratio. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-age-dependency-ratio (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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