Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Ghana
Ghana: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 98.8% in 2016. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ghana, 1987–2016
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2016, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ghana stood at 98.8%. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ghana peaked at 100.0% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 98.8%, in 2016.
That places Ghana 37th out of 119 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 100.0% | — |
| 1988 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 99.9% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 99.9% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.7% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 99.1% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 98.8% | -0.3% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 98.8% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 99.6%, 99% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 98.8% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 99.8%, 99% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.0% | 98.8% | 99.1% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More poverty & inequality data for Ghana
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ghana?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Ghana was 98.8% in 2016, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 98.8% in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Ghana ranks 37th out of 119 countries with data for 2016.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.