Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Ghana
23.4% of people in Ghana lived below the national poverty line in 2016.
The latest value for Ghana is for 2016. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Ghana, 2016
23.4%
Change from 2012
−0.8percentage points
Poverty rate at national poverty lines 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 |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 23.4% |
| 2012 | 24.2% |
| 2005 | 31.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 24.2% in 2012, a change of −0.8 percentage points.
- Since 1991, when it was 51.7%, the figure has changed by −28.3 percentage points.