Extreme poverty rate in Ghana
39.0% of people in Ghana lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2016. The value for 2016 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1987.
The latest value for Ghana is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Ghana, 2016
39.0%
Change from 2012
−2.8percentage points
World, 2016
12.6%
Extreme poverty rate in Ghana over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Ghana | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | – | 10.5% |
| 2022 | – | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | 39.0% | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | 41.8% | 17.8% |
| 2011 | – | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | – | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | 60.9% | 28.3% |
| 2004 | – | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 41.8% in 2012, a change of −2.8 percentage points.
- Since 1987, when it was 78.2%, the figure has changed by −39.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2016 was 12.6%.
More for Ghana
All statistics for Ghana
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
23.4%
2016 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
6.4%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
43.5 (0 to 100)
2016 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
32.2%
2016 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
56.3%
2016 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
85.4%
2016 · World Bank