Ghana vs Iraq: Age dependency ratio
Ghana
64.5%
in 2025
Iraq
65.2%
in 2025
Ghana rank
58th
Iraq rank
56th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Ghana
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 65.2% against 64.5% in Ghana, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 58th and Iraq ranks 56th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Iraq in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101.4% | 83.6% | 17.8% | Ghana |
| 1970s | 102.9% | 101.7% | 1.2% | Ghana |
| 1980s | 92.7% | 101.4% | 8.7% | Iraq |
| 1990s | 88.8% | 91.8% | 3.0% | Iraq |
| 2000s | 78.4% | 84.2% | 5.7% | Iraq |
| 2010s | 72.1% | 76.7% | 4.6% | Iraq |
| 2020s | 66.5% | 68.7% | 2.1% | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Ghana or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 65.2% against 64.5% in Ghana as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Ghana and Iraq?
- 0.7%, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Iraq?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Ghana and Iraq rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Ghana ranks 58th and Iraq ranks 56th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.