Ghana vs Liberia: Age dependency breakdown

Ghana

6.0%

in 2023

Liberia

5.8%

in 2023

Ghana rank

195th

Liberia rank

198th

Age dependency breakdown over time

Ghana currently reports 6.0% against 5.8% in Liberia, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.

Ghana ranks 195th and Liberia ranks 198th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Age dependency breakdown
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The number of people aged 65 and over per 100 working-age people (aged 15 to 64).