Ghana vs Marshall Islands: Age dependency ratio
Ghana
64.5%
in 2025
Marshall Islands
63.3%
in 2025
Ghana rank
58th
Marshall Islands rank
60th
Age dependency ratio over time
- Ghana
- Marshall Islands
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 64.5% against 63.3% in Marshall Islands, a difference of 1.2%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Marshall Islands ahead.
Ghana ranks 58th and Marshall Islands ranks 60th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Marshall Islands in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Marshall Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101.4% | 109.4% | 8.0% | Marshall Islands |
| 1970s | 102.9% | 105.6% | 2.7% | Marshall Islands |
| 1980s | 92.7% | 115.3% | 22.5% | Marshall Islands |
| 1990s | 88.8% | 98.0% | 9.2% | Marshall Islands |
| 2000s | 78.4% | 72.7% | 5.8% | Ghana |
| 2010s | 72.1% | 67.9% | 4.2% | Ghana |
| 2020s | 66.5% | 63.2% | 3.4% | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher age dependency ratio, Ghana or Marshall Islands?
- Ghana, at 64.5% against 63.3% in Marshall Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in age dependency ratio between Ghana and Marshall Islands?
- 1.2%, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Marshall Islands?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Ghana and Marshall Islands rank globally for age dependency ratio?
- Ghana ranks 58th and Marshall Islands ranks 60th 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.