Country Care Snapshots

Ghana

Demographic Data
Effective
Total Population
30,417,846
World Bank, 2019
Total Population Under 18
11,650,035
Estimate
Percent Population Under 18
38.3 %
2010 Population and Housing Census
Mean Household Size
3.5 People
DHS, 2014
Prevalence of Female-Headed Households
34.8 People
2019 MIS
Prevalence of Child-Headed Households
World Bank GNI Status
Lower Middle-Income Country
World Bank, 2019
Human Development Index
0.596
UNDP, 2019
GINI Coefficient
43.5
World Bank, 2016
Living Below Poverty Line
23.4 %
World Bank, 2019