Area Database (v4.2)
Dependency ratio
1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
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Total | 90.1 | 90.6 | 91.1 | 91.6 | 92.1 | 92.6 | 93.1 | 93.6 | 94.1 | 89.9 | 85.8 | 81.6 | 82.3 | 83.0 | 85.3 | 87.5 | 89.8 | 88.0 | 86.3 | 84.5 | 89.0 | 93.5 | 98.0 | 103 | 107 | 112 | ||||
Ashanti | 94.1 | 94.0 | 94.0 | 93.9 | 93.8 | 93.8 | 93.7 | 93.7 | 93.6 | 89.5 | 85.3 | 81.2 | 80.9 | 80.5 | 83.5 | 86.5 | 89.5 | 87.9 | 86.3 | 84.7 | 88.9 | 93.2 | 97.4 | 102 | 106 | 110 | ||||
Brong Ahafo | 95.7 | 96.2 | 96.7 | 97.2 | 97.7 | 98.2 | 98.7 | 99.2 | 99.7 | 93.4 | 87.2 | 80.9 | 86.6 | 92.3 | 94.1 | 95.8 | 97.6 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 91.9 | 94.5 | 97.0 | 99.6 | 102 | 105 | 107 | ||||
Central | 108 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 106 | 106 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 100 | 95.9 | 91.6 | 92.8 | 93.9 | 93.8 | 93.6 | 93.5 | 93.1 | 92.6 | 92.2 | 96.1 | 99.9 | 104 | 108 | 112 | 115 | ||||
Eastern | 90.9 | 91.6 | 92.3 | 93.0 | 93.7 | 94.4 | 95.1 | 95.8 | 96.5 | 91.5 | 86.4 | 81.4 | 83.1 | 84.8 | 85.4 | 86.0 | 86.6 | 86.1 | 85.7 | 85.2 | 87.0 | 88.9 | 90.7 | 92.5 | 94.4 | 96.2 | ||||
Greater Accra | 60.3 | 60.9 | 61.6 | 62.3 | 63.0 | 63.7 | 64.3 | 65.0 | 65.7 | 62.6 | 59.6 | 56.5 | 57.5 | 58.5 | 60.4 | 62.3 | 64.2 | 64.8 | 65.5 | 66.1 | 68.5 | 70.9 | 73.3 | 75.7 | 78.1 | 80.5 | ||||
Northern | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 109 | 103 | 96.8 | 99.0 | 101 | 109 | 116 | 124 | 118 | 112 | 106 | 112 | 117 | 123 | 129 | 135 | 141 | ||||
Upper East | 102 | 102 | 103 | 103 | 103 | 104 | 104 | 104 | 105 | 102 | 99.7 | 97.3 | 95.9 | 94.4 | 102 | 110 | 118 | 110 | 102 | 94.8 | 101 | 106 | 112 | 118 | 123 | 129 | ||||
Upper West | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 103 | 97.0 | 101 | 105 | 109 | 108 | 107 | 106 | 105 | 104 | 103 | 101 | 100 | 99.1 | ||||
Volta | 95.5 | 95.8 | 96.0 | 96.2 | 96.4 | 96.6 | 96.9 | 97.1 | 97.3 | 94.3 | 91.2 | 88.2 | 85.5 | 82.8 | 87.4 | 91.9 | 96.5 | 94.3 | 92.0 | 89.8 | 95.2 | 101 | 106 | 112 | 117 | 122 | ||||
Western | 90.6 | 90.5 | 90.4 | 90.3 | 90.2 | 90.1 | 90.0 | 89.9 | 89.8 | 87.5 | 85.3 | 83.0 | 81.4 | 79.8 | 81.2 | 82.6 | 84.0 | 81.2 | 78.5 | 75.7 | 82.7 | 89.6 | 96.6 | 104 | 111 | 118 |
Lighter numbers are estimates