Ghana Poverty Rate 1987-2025

Ghana poverty rate for 2016 was 78.50%, a 2% decline from 2012.
  • Ghana poverty rate for 2012 was 80.50%, a 10.5% decline from 2005.
  • Ghana poverty rate for 2005 was 91.00%, a 4% decline from 1998.
  • Ghana poverty rate for 1998 was 95.00%, a 1.9% decline from 1991.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day

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Annual Change

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