Blue numbers are estimated
Dependency ratio
1991 | 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 | |
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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 | 82.7 | 81.0 | 79.2 | |||||
Urban | 66.9 | 67.8 | 68.8 | 69.8 | 70.8 | 71.8 | 72.7 | 73.7 | 74.7 | 72.2 | 69.7 | 67.2 | 67.9 | 68.5 | 70.5 | 72.4 | 74.4 | 74.1 | 73.7 | 73.4 | 73.1 | 72.7 | 72.4 | |||||
Rural | 99.6 | 101 | 102 | 104 | 105 | 107 | 108 | 110 | 111 | 105 | 99.2 | 93.3 | 94.7 | 96.0 | 99.6 | 103 | 107 | 104 | 100 | 96.8 | 93.4 | 90.1 | 86.7 | |||||
Poor | 94.7 | 95.9 | 97.0 | 98.1 | 99.2 | 100 | 101 | 103 | 104 | 99.3 | 94.9 | 90.5 | 93.2 | 95.9 | 98.8 | 102 | 105 | 104 | 102 | 101 | 99.9 | 98.7 | 97.5 | |||||
Nonpoor | 60.0 | 60.3 | 60.5 | 60.8 | 61.1 | 61.3 | 61.6 | 61.8 | 62.1 | 61.5 | 60.8 | 60.2 | 62.0 | 63.7 | 66.4 | 69.2 | 71.9 | 71.7 | 71.6 | 71.4 | 71.2 | 71.1 | 70.9 | |||||
Lowest 25% | 108 | 109 | 111 | 113 | 114 | 116 | 117 | 119 | 120 | 115 | 109 | 103 | 105 | 106 | 111 | 116 | 121 | 117 | 112 | 108 | 104 | 100.0 | 95.8 | |||||
Second 25% | 96.1 | 98.2 | 100 | 102 | 105 | 107 | 109 | 111 | 113 | 106 | 99.8 | 93.2 | 94.5 | 95.7 | 97.3 | 99.0 | 101 | 97.8 | 95.0 | 92.2 | 89.4 | 86.6 | 83.8 | |||||
Third 25% | 93.6 | 92.1 | 90.7 | 89.3 | 87.9 | 86.5 | 85.0 | 83.6 | 82.2 | 80.2 | 78.2 | 76.2 | 75.9 | 75.5 | 76.7 | 77.8 | 79.0 | 77.4 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 72.5 | 70.8 | 69.2 | |||||
Highest 25% | 65.1 | 64.8 | 64.5 | 64.2 | 63.9 | 63.6 | 63.3 | 63.0 | 62.7 | 60.5 | 58.4 | 56.2 | 56.1 | 56.0 | 56.5 | 57.0 | 57.5 | 58.4 | 59.2 | 60.1 | 61.0 | 61.8 | 62.7 | |||||
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 | 83.1 | 81.5 | 79.9 | |||||
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 | 90.0 | 88.1 | 86.2 | |||||
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 | 91.8 | 91.3 | 90.9 | |||||
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 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 83.8 | |||||
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 | 66.7 | 67.4 | 68.0 | |||||
Northern | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 109 | 103 | 96.8 | 99.0 | 101 | 109 | 116 | 124 | 118 | 112 | 106 | 99.7 | 93.7 | 87.7 | |||||
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 | 87.1 | 79.5 | 71.8 | |||||
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 | |||||
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 | 87.6 | 85.3 | 83.1 | |||||
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 | 72.9 | 70.2 | 67.4 |