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Social protection and social insurance coverage, vulnerable and wage employment, and the national poverty headcount for Ghana. Survey years only. 5 indicators covering 1991-2025. 81 records.
Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| indicator_code | TEXT NOT NULL |
| indicator_name | TEXT NOT NULL |
| year | INTEGER NOT NULL |
| value | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| unit | TEXT |
| source | TEXT |
| indicator codeTEXT NOT NULL | indicator nameTEXT NOT NULL | yearINTEGER NOT NULL | valueDECIMAL(24,6) | unitTEXT | sourceTEXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| per_allsp.cov_pop_tot | Coverage of social protection and labor programs (% of population) | 2005 | 5.677805 | % of population | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| per_allsp.cov_pop_tot | Coverage of social protection and labor programs (% of population) | 2012 | 63.672912 | % of population | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| per_allsp.cov_pop_tot | Coverage of social protection and labor programs (% of population) | 2016 | 20.247728 | % of population | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| per_si_allsi.cov_pop_tot | Coverage of social insurance programs (% of population) | 2005 | 3.661218 | % of population | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
| per_si_allsi.cov_pop_tot | Coverage of social insurance programs (% of population) | 2012 | 59.520414 | % of population | World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) |
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See the plansGET connect.apighana.com/api/data/social_protection
Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (World Bank Open Data). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 1991 to 2025; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.
API Ghana. (2026). Social protection (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from World Bank Open Data]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/social-protection
curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/social_protection?page=1&limit=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"
const response = await fetch(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/social_protection?page=1&limit=20",
{ headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await response.json();import os, requests
response = requests.get(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/social_protection",
headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)
rows = response.json()["data"]