Ghana poverty rate for 2016 was 85.40%, a 0.9% decline from 2012.
Ghana poverty rate for 2012 was 86.30%, a 7.8% decline from 2005.
Ghana poverty rate for 2005 was 94.10%, a 2% decline from 1998.
Ghana poverty rate for 1998 was 96.10%, a 2.2% 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.