The Greater Accra and Bono Regions have emerged as the highest-ranked regions in Ghana for women’s status, according to an upcoming report by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) on the Status of Women in Ghana.

The report, which examines progress on Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5)—achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls—provides disaggregated statistics on key indicators of women’s well-being.

Using data from the 2008, 2014, and 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys (GDHS), the report assesses trends across seven key indicators: secondary or higher education, informed decision-making, intimate partner violence, child marriage, teenage childbearing, facility-based childbirth delivery, and overweight or obesity.

The findings reveal significant regional disparities, with "Greater Accra and Bono Regions ranking highest in overall female status, while the Savannah Region ranked the lowest on average.

"The Savannah Region ranked 16th (last place) on three indicators—secondary education, intimate partner violence, and teenage childbearing—more than any other region.

"The North East Region ranked 16th twice, for informed decision-making and child marriage. Northern and Savannah Regions consistently ranked in the bottom half for all seven indicators, never placing higher than ninth."

Greater Accra was the only region to rank first more than once, leading in secondary education, informed decision-making, child marriage, and teenage childbearing.

The report also highlights gender gaps in education, child marriage, and obesity. It observed that the North East Region recorded the largest gender gap in secondary education or higher, with a 17.4 percentage-point difference between males and females.

The disparity in child marriage rates ranged from 23.2 percentage points in the North East to 9.5 percentage points in Greater Accra.

The Ashanti Region recorded the highest gender disparity in overweight and obesity prevalence, with a 36.1 percentage-point gap, while five other regions had disparities exceeding 30 percentage points.