Dependent children in Ghana occupied a percentage ratio of 62.1 in 2022, and this was the lowest rate in the given period. This means that the dependency rate for people aged 14 or younger decreased over time and was higher than the working-age population. Furthermore, in comparison with the elderly in the country, children are a more dependent group.
Children dependency ratio in Ghana from 2008 to 2022
The source adds the following information: "Dependency ratios capture variations in the proportions of children, elderly people, and working-age people in the population that imply the dependency burden that the working-age population bears in relation to children and the elderly. But dependency ratios show only the age composition of a population, not economic dependency".
It also explains that: "Age dependency ratio is the ratio of dependents--people younger than 15 or older than 64--to the working-age population--those ages 15-64. Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population".
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