Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ghana
Ghana: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.5977 in 2016. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ghana, 1988–2016
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ghana is 0.5977, measured in 2016. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ghana peaked at 0.5977 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5495, in 1988.
That places Ghana 16th out of 109 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0.5495 | — |
| 1991 | 0.5708 | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 0.5667 | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5905 | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5836 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.5977 | +2.4% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.5977 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.5666, 1.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.5977 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.5654, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5495 | 0.5495 | 0.5495 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.5687 | 0.5667 | 0.5708 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5905 | 0.5905 | 0.5905 | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5907 | 0.5836 | 0.5977 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More poverty & inequality data for Ghana
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.4 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,688 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 13.54 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ghana?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Ghana was 0.5977 in 2016, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5977 in 2016.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5495 in 1988.
- How does Ghana rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Ghana ranks 16th out of 109 countries with data for 2016.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.