Ghana Social: Poverty and Inequality
GH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population
GH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data was reported at 47.800 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 45.600 % for 2016. GH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 46.700 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2018, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 55.000 % in 2011 and a record low of 42.700 % in 2010. GH: Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 47.800 2018 | yearly | 2010 - 2018 |
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GH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1
GH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data was reported at 0.247 NA in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.236 NA for 2016. GH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data is updated yearly, averaging 0.241 NA from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2018, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.298 NA in 2011 and a record low of 0.179 NA in 2010. GH: Multidimensional Poverty Index: scale 0-1 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 0.247 2018 | yearly | 2010 - 2018 |
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GH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor)
GH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data was reported at 51.800 % in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 51.700 % for 2016. GH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data is updated yearly, averaging 51.750 % from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2018, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 54.200 % in 2011 and a record low of 41.800 % in 2010. GH: Multidimensional Poverty Intensity (average share of deprivations experienced by the poor) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. ;Government statistical agencies. Data for EU countires are from the EUROSTAT;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 51.800 2018 | yearly | 2010 - 2018 |
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GH: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: %
GH: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 9.300 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.300 % for 2012. GH: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 21.500 % from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2016, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 26.200 % in 1991 and a record low of 8.300 % in 2012. GH: Poverty Gap at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $2.15 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $2.15 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 9.400 2016 | yearly | 1987 - 2016 |
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GH: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: %
GH: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data was reported at 20.700 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.200 % for 2012. GH: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data is updated yearly, averaging 40.900 % from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2016, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 47.500 % in 1991 and a record low of 20.700 % in 2016. GH: Poverty Gap at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty gap at $3.65 a day (2017 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.65 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 20.700 2016 | yearly | 1987 - 2016 |
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GH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population
GH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 25.200 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 25.700 % for 2012. GH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 55.000 % from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2016, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 64.200 % in 1991 and a record low of 25.200 % in 2016. GH: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $2.15 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted 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.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 25.200 2016 | yearly | 1987 - 2016 |
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GH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: %
GH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 20.600 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 18.000 % for 2012. GH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 16.300 % from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2016, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.600 % in 2016 and a record low of 13.000 % in 1988. GH: Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 20.600 2016 | yearly | 1987 - 2016 |
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GH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day
GH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data was reported at 5.090 Intl $/Day in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.840 Intl $/Day for 2012. GH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data is updated yearly, averaging 4.965 Intl $/Day from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2016, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.090 Intl $/Day in 2016 and a record low of 4.840 Intl $/Day in 2012. GH: Survey Mean Consumption or Income per Capita: Total Population: 2017 PPP per day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Mean consumption or income per capita (2017 PPP $ per day) used in calculating the growth rate in the welfare aggregate of total population.;World Bank, Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP) (http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/poverty/brief/global-database-of-shared-prosperity).;;The choice of consumption or income for a country is made according to which welfare aggregate is used to estimate extreme poverty in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP). The practice adopted by the World Bank for estimating global and regional poverty is, in principle, to use per capita consumption expenditure as the welfare measure wherever available; and to use income as the welfare measure for countries for which consumption is unavailable. However, in some cases data on consumption may be available but are outdated or not shared with the World Bank for recent survey years. In these cases, if data on income are available, income is used. Whether data are for consumption or income per capita is noted in the footnotes. Because household surveys are infrequent in most countries and are not aligned across countries, comparisons across countries or over time should be made with a high degree of caution.
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 5.090 2016 | yearly | 2012 - 2016 |
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Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population
Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data was reported at 24.600 % in 2017. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 24.600 % from Dec 2017 (Median) to 2017, with 1 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 24.600 % in 2017 and a record low of 24.600 % in 2017. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: UNDP: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (UNDP) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to UNDPs multidimensional poverty index. The index includes three dimensions -- health, education, and living standards.;Alkire, S., Kanagaratnam, U., and Suppa, N. (2023). ‘The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2023 country results and methodological note’, OPHI MPI Methodological Note 55, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford. (https://ophi.org.uk/mpi-methodological-note-55-2/);;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
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| 24.600 2017 | yearly | 2017 - 2017 |
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Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population
Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data was reported at 32.800 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 33.200 % for 2012. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data is updated yearly, averaging 33.000 % from Dec 2012 (Median) to 2016, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 33.200 % in 2012 and a record low of 32.800 % in 2016. Multidimensional Poverty Headcount Ratio: World Bank: % of total population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Multidimensional Poverty Measure. The Multidimensional Poverty Measure includes three dimensions – monetary poverty, education, and basic infrastructure services – to capture a more complete picture of poverty.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 32.800 2016 | yearly | 2012 - 2016 |
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Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population
Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 39.100 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 40.000 % for 2012. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 55.000 % from Dec 1987 (Median) to 2016, with 7 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 64.200 % in 1991 and a record low of 39.100 % in 2016. Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 39.100 2016 | yearly | 1987 - 2016 |
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Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: %
Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data was reported at 0.300 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.620 % for 2012. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data is updated yearly, averaging 0.670 % from Dec 1991 (Median) to 2016, with 5 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.620 % in 1998 and a record low of 0.300 % in 2016. Proportion of Population Pushed Below the 60% Median Consumption Poverty Line By Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. This indicator shows the fraction of a country’s population experiencing out-of-pocket health impoverishing expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household they live in would have been above the 60% median consumption but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).;Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection);Weighted average;This indicator is related to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8.2 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.300 2016 | yearly | 1991 - 2016 |