Age dependency ratio — all countries

Age dependency ratio — Ghana

Age dependency ratio in Ghana in 2025 — 64.5 per 100. Ranked 160 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 31%.

2025 64.5 per 100 −1.29% vs 2024
World rank 160of 217
Period maximum 106.6 per 1001970
Period minimum 64.5 per 1002025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · per 100 people aged 15–64

Age dependency ratio — Ghana, 1960–2025608010012019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 93.5 per 1001962: 98.1 per 1001964: 101.9 per 1001966: 104.2 per 1001968: 105.8 per 1001970: 106.6 per 1001972: 105.8 per 1001974: 104.3 per 1001976: 102 per 1001978: 98.4 per 1001980: 95.5 per 1001982: 93 per 1001984: 91.6 per 1001986: 92.1 per 1001988: 92.4 per 1001990: 91.9 per 1001992: 91.3 per 1001994: 89.5 per 1001996: 87.9 per 1001998: 85.5 per 1002000: 83.2 per 1002002: 80.8 per 1002004: 78.7 per 1002006: 76.8 per 1002008: 75.1 per 1002010: 73.9 per 1002012: 73.3 per 1002014: 72.7 per 1002016: 71.7 per 1002018: 70.2 per 1002020: 68.6 per 1002022: 66.9 per 1002024: 65.4 per 1002025: 64.5 per 100
Change over the period: −29 (−31.01%) Average annual rate: -0.57 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Ghana

Ghana 64.5 per 100
World 54.5 per 100
Sub-Saharan Africa 78.1 per 100
Western Africa computed 77.9 per 100
Lower-middle-income countries computed 55.1 per 100
Age dependency ratio — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2025 64.5 −0.8 −1.29%
2024 65.4 −0.8 −1.18%
2023 66.1 −0.8 −1.16%
2022 66.9 −0.8 −1.21%
2021 67.7 −0.9 −1.28%
2020 68.6 −0.8 −1.21%
2019 69.5 −0.8 −1.09%
2018 70.2 −0.8 −1.1%
2017 71 −0.7 −1.02%
2016 71.7 −0.6 −0.8%
2015 72.3 −0.4 −0.58%
2014 72.7 −0.3 −0.42%
2013 73 −0.3 −0.35%
2012 73.3 −0.3 −0.35%
2011 73.5 −0.3 −0.44%
2010 73.9 −0.5 −0.7%
2009 74.4 −0.7 −0.98%
2008 75.1 −0.8 −1.11%
2007 76 −0.9 −1.13%
2006 76.8 −0.9 −1.13%
2005 77.7 −1 −1.22%
2004 78.7 −1 −1.3%
2003 79.7 −1.1 −1.37%
2002 80.8 −1.2 −1.47%
2001 82 −1.1 −1.38%
2000 83.2 −1.1 −1.29%
1999 84.3 −1.2 −1.46%
1998 85.5 −1.3 −1.53%
1997 86.8 −1 −1.18%
1996 87.9 −0.7 −0.82%
1995 88.6 −0.9 −1.02%
1994 89.5 −1 −1.12%
1993 90.5 −0.7 −0.81%
1992 91.3 −0.4 −0.4%
1991 91.6 −0.2 −0.23%
1990 91.9 −0.3 −0.34%
1989 92.2 −0.3 −0.28%
1988 92.4 −0 −0.01%
1987 92.4 +0.3 +0.37%
1986 92.1 +0.4 +0.41%
1985 91.7 +0.1 +0.11%
1984 91.6 −0.5 −0.49%
1983 92.1 −0.9 −1.02%
1982 93 −1.1 −1.19%
1981 94.1 −1.3 −1.41%
1980 95.5 −1.4 −1.45%
1979 96.9 −1.5 −1.52%
1978 98.4 −1.7 −1.71%
1977 100.1 −1.9 −1.88%
1976 102 −1.5 −1.42%
1975 103.5 −0.8 −0.81%
1974 104.3 −0.8 −0.77%
1973 105.1 −0.7 −0.65%
1972 105.8 −0.5 −0.5%
1971 106.4 −0.2 −0.21%
1970 106.6 +0.2 +0.23%
1969 106.3 +0.6 +0.52%
1968 105.8 +0.7 +0.68%
1967 105.1 +0.9 +0.82%
1966 104.2 +1 +1.02%
1965 103.2 +1.3 +1.26%
1964 101.9 +1.6 +1.64%
1963 100.2 +2.1 +2.14%
1962 98.1 +2.5 +2.56%
1961 95.7 +2.2 +2.31%
1960 93.5

About the indicator

The ratio of people younger than 15 and older than 64 to the population aged 15–64, per 100 people. It shows how many dependents there are for every 100 people of working age. The minimum of the ratio is the so-called demographic window, when children have already grown up but the population has not yet aged; it was in that period that the economic surges of East Asia took place.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.