Ghana: age dependency ratio

In 2022, the age dependency ratio in Ghana remained nearly unchanged at around 68.05 percent. Yet 2022 saw the lowest ratio in Ghana with 68.05 percent.
The age dependency ratio is defined as the proportion of dependents to the working age population. Dependents refer to individuals below and age of 15 or above age 64.

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Age dependency ratio in Ghana from 2010 to 2022

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Release date

2024

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Region

Ghana

Survey time period

2010 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.
The source does not provide the publication date. The release date is the date of accessing the statistics.

The source adds the following information: 'Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency.'

It also explains that: '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'.

Data are 'estimates based on age distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision.'

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