NGGL: Akyem, Ghana
Eastern Region: AkyemThe Eastern Region, with an area of 19,323 square kilometres, is the sixth largest region of the country. The region's population of 2,106,696 people  represents 11.1 per cent of Ghana’s population of 18,912,079. It is the third most populous region after Ashanti and Greater Accra Regions. The Eastern Region’s population is very young: 41.7 percent of the region's population is below the age of 15 and only 5.8 percent of the population is above the age of 64. The population distribution pattern shows that 34.6 per cent of the region’s population live in 56 urban settlements (towns with population above 5,000) while the majority, 65.4 percent, live in rural communities. Ethnicity: There are four major ethnic groups in the Eastern Region namely, the Akan (52.1%), the Ga-Dangme (18.9%), the Ewe (15.9%) and the Guan (7.2%). The Akan are predominant in 11 of the region's 17 districts. Literacy: The literacy rate in the Eastern Region is 63.6 percent, compared with the national average of 57.9 percent. In addition, 46.4 percent of the population in the region is literate in both English and a Ghanaian language while 13.4 percent is literate in English only.
 Economic characteristics: The Eastern Region has a total of 927,699 persons (75.5%) who are economically active and 299,913 persons (24.5%) not economically active. Within the economically active population, 87 percent worked during the 7 days before the census, 4.6 percent had a job but did not work and 8.4 percent were unemployed. There is no major difference between the percentage of males (87.8%) and females (86.2%) who worked during the period. Similarly, the unemployment percentages for males (8.1%) and for females (8.7%) are comparable. The not economically active population is made up largely of students (35.6%) and homemakers (24.8%). Males make up the majority of the student population while females predominate among homemakers. The proportion of the aged and the retired/pensioners is higher for females (19.3%) than for males (14.2%). This pattern of economic activity shows little variation from district to district within the region. There is very little difference between the percentage of male physically challenged persons (3.8%) and female physically challenged persons (3.7%). Occupation: The main occupations in the region are: Agriculture and related work (54.8%), Sales (14.3%), Production, Transport and Equipment work (14.0%), Professional and Technical work (6.9%) and Services (5%).
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