Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Ghana
Ghana: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 99.46 in 2016. ▬ Flat
Latest (2016)
99.46
World rank
21st
of 120 countries
All-time high
100
in 1987
All-time low
99.46
in 2016
Years of data
7
1987–2016
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Ghana, 1987–2016
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2016, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Ghana stood at 99.46. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Ghana peaked at 100 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 99.46, in 2016.
That places Ghana 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 100 | 100 | 100 | 2 |
| 1990s | 99.96 | 99.96 | 99.96 | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.82 | 99.82 | 99.82 | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.51 | 99.46 | 99.55 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 18 Togo 99.54 compare
- 19 Tanzania 99.53 compare
- 20 Pakistan 99.51 compare
- 22 Cote d'Ivoire 99.44 compare
- 23 Mauritania 99.44 compare
- 24 Kyrgyzstan 99.43 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Ghana
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 3.4 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 2,688 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 13.54 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.514 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 12.56 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1687 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1687 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1991 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.5095 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Ghana?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Ghana was 99.46 in 2016, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.46 in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Ghana ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2016.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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