Pension Parameters

Name: Ghana Pension Parameters
Creator: SSNIT

How SSNIT works out an old-age pension: the months of contributions that qualify, the pension right they earn, how it grows with each further year up to its maximum, the retirement ages and the minimum pension for new pensioners. The pension is the pension right times the average of the member's three best years' salaries. One row per rule, each with its source. 8 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 25, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 25, 2026Free8 recordsFinance

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
item	TEXT
value	DECIMAL(14,3)
unit	TEXT
description	TEXT
effective_from	DATE
effective_to	DATE
checked_at	DATE
source_url	TEXT
notes	TEXT
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Pension Parameters
itemTEXT	valueDECIMAL(14,3)	unitTEXT	descriptionTEXT	effective fromDATE	effective toDATE	checked atDATE	source urlTEXT	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
min_months	180	months	Contributions needed for a pension	2015-01-01	—	2026-09-25	https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/	National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.	SSNIT
base_rate	37.5	% of average salary	Pension right earned by the first 180 months	2015-01-01	—	2026-09-25	https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/	National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.	SSNIT
increment_rate	1.125	% of average salary	Added for each further 12 months of contributions	2015-01-01	—	2026-09-25	https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/	National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.	SSNIT
increment_months	12	months	Contributions that earn one increment	2015-01-01	—	2026-09-25	https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/	National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.	SSNIT
max_rate	60	% of average salary	The most a pension right can reach, at 420 months	2015-01-01	—	2026-09-25	https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/	National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.	SSNIT

itemTEXT	valueDECIMAL(14,3)	unitTEXT	descriptionTEXT	effective fromDATE	effective toDATE	checked atDATE	source urlTEXT	notesTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-item-1	10	example-unit-1	example-description-1	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-1	example-notes-1	example-source-1
example-item-2	20	example-unit-2	example-description-2	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-2	example-notes-2	example-source-2
example-item-3	30	example-unit-3	example-description-3	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-3	example-notes-3	example-source-3
example-item-4	40	example-unit-4	example-description-4	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-4	example-notes-4	example-source-4
example-item-5	50	example-unit-5	example-description-5	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-5	example-notes-5	example-source-5
example-item-6	60	example-unit-6	example-description-6	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-6	example-notes-6	example-source-6
example-item-7	70	example-unit-7	example-description-7	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-7	example-notes-7	example-source-7
example-item-8	80	example-unit-8	example-description-8	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	2000-01-01	example-source_url-8	example-notes-8	example-source-8

3 more rows — see the plans

Get an API key

Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/pension_parameters

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 25, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 25, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: SSNIT

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (SSNIT). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 25, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Pension parameters (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from SSNIT]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/pension-parameters

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/pension_parameters?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/pension_parameters?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/pension_parameters",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Pension Parameters

Field

Type

item

TEXT

value

DECIMAL(14,3)

unit

TEXT

description

TEXT

effective_from

DATE

effective_to

DATE

checked_at

DATE

source_url

TEXT

notes

TEXT

source

TEXT

itemTEXT

valueDECIMAL(14,3)

unitTEXT

descriptionTEXT

effective fromDATE

effective toDATE

checked atDATE

source urlTEXT

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

min_months

180

months

Contributions needed for a pension

2015-01-01

—

2026-09-25

https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/

National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.

SSNIT

base_rate

37.5

% of average salary

Pension right earned by the first 180 months

2015-01-01

—

2026-09-25

https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/

National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.

SSNIT

increment_rate

1.125

% of average salary

Added for each further 12 months of contributions

2015-01-01

—

2026-09-25

https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/

National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.

SSNIT

increment_months

months

Contributions that earn one increment

2015-01-01

—

2026-09-25

https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/

National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.

SSNIT

max_rate

% of average salary

The most a pension right can reach, at 420 months

2015-01-01

—

2026-09-25

https://www.ssnit.org.gh/old-age-benefit/

National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) as amended by Act 883, assented in December 2014; SSNIT's old-age benefit page gives the same figures. The effective date is approximate.

SSNIT

itemTEXT

valueDECIMAL(14,3)

unitTEXT

descriptionTEXT

effective fromDATE

effective toDATE

checked atDATE

source urlTEXT

notesTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-item-1

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2000-01-01

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2000-01-01

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example-item-4

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2000-01-01

example-source_url-4

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example-item-5

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2000-01-01

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example-item-6

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2000-01-01

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example-item-7

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example-item-8

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example-source-8

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (SSNIT). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 25, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Pension parameters (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from SSNIT]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/pension-parameters

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/pension_parameters?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/pension_parameters?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/pension_parameters",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]