Ghana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 82.78727527 |
| 1961 | 82.79441739 |
| 1962 | 82.81374988 |
| 1963 | 82.91561062 |
| 1964 | 83.18901656 |
| 1965 | 83.6822983 |
| 1966 | 84.4098586 |
| 1967 | 85.32319127 |
| 1968 | 86.32740705 |
| 1969 | 87.28861511 |
| 1970 | 88.10345323 |
| 1971 | 88.73708956 |
| 1972 | 89.20601746 |
| 1973 | 89.5249099 |
| 1974 | 89.72713007 |
| 1975 | 89.83773094 |
| 1976 | 89.85786343 |
| 1977 | 89.77849583 |
| 1978 | 89.60263635 |
| 1979 | 89.33545043 |
| 1980 | 88.98611225 |
| 1981 | 88.56397403 |
| 1982 | 88.08140857 |
| 1983 | 87.55340157 |
| 1984 | 86.99066462 |
| 1985 | 86.39734558 |
| 1986 | 85.77295375 |
| 1987 | 85.11637532 |
| 1988 | 84.42751912 |
| 1989 | 83.70838118 |
| 1990 | 82.96214801 |
| 1991 | 82.19911756 |
| 1992 | 81.42051427 |
| 1993 | 80.61258949 |
| 1994 | 79.75664196 |
| 1995 | 78.84365899 |
| 1996 | 77.87338301 |
| 1997 | 76.86241149 |
| 1998 | 75.83883647 |
| 1999 | 74.83776139 |
| 2000 | 73.88412091 |
| 2001 | 72.98306099 |
| 2002 | 72.13065581 |
| 2003 | 71.3296256 |
| 2004 | 70.58017449 |
| 2005 | 69.88071127 |
| 2006 | 69.22565053 |
| 2007 | 68.61064522 |
| 2008 | 68.03439634 |
| 2009 | 67.49566137 |
| 2010 | 66.98913138 |
| 2011 | 66.51337771 |
| 2012 |
Ghana | Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
Age dependency ratio, young, is the ratio of younger dependents--people younger than 15--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population. Limitations and exceptions: Annual data series are interpolated from 5-year period data. Therefore they may not reflect real events as much as observed data.