Demographics (v2.1)

Demographic window
Dependency ratio
Subnational regions
Ghana
All years

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 2022 2023
Ghana (Africa)  
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 82.9 81.3 79.7 98.0 94.6 91.1 87.7 84.2 80.8
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 81.7 78.6 75.6 97.4 93.5 89.7 85.8 81.9 78.0
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 89.9 87.8 85.8 99.6 95.5 91.3 87.2 83.0 78.9
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 90.6 89.1 87.5 104 98.9 94.0 89.1 84.2 79.3
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 84.2 83.1 82.1 90.7 89.0 87.3 85.5 83.8 82.1
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 64.2 62.3 60.4 73.3 71.3 69.3 67.3 65.3 63.3
Northern 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 109 103 96.8 99.0 101 109 116 124 118 112 106 106 106 106 123 120 117 113 110 107
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 93.8 92.9 91.9 112 107 103 98.3 93.7 89.1
Upper West 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 109 109 109 103 97.0 101 105 109 108 107 106 103 99.8 96.7 103 101 99.9 98.6 97.2 95.9
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 89.1 88.4 87.7 106 102 97.3 92.8 88.4 84.0
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 75.0 74.4 73.7 96.6 92.2 87.8 83.4 79.0 74.6
Lighter numbers are estimates