Ghana Poverty Rate 1987-2021
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.
- Ghana poverty rate for 2016 was 56.30%, a 3.5% decline from 2012.
- Ghana poverty rate for 2012 was 59.80%, a 16.9% decline from 2005.
- Ghana poverty rate for 2005 was 76.70%, a 8.3% decline from 1998.
- Ghana poverty rate for 1998 was 85.00%, a 8% decline from 1991.
| Ghana Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2016 |
56.30% |
-3.50% |
| 2012 |
59.80% |
-16.90% |
| 2005 |
76.70% |
-8.30% |
| 1998 |
85.00% |
-8.00% |
| 1991 |
93.00% |
0.40% |
| 1988 |
92.60% |
-1.20% |
| 1987 |
93.80% |
-1.20% |
