How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Ghana
Ghana: How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? was 39.0% in 2016. ▼ Falling
How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Ghana, 1987–2016
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 39.0% for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 35.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Ghana peaked at 80.4% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 39.0%, in 2016.
That places Ghana 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 77.8% | 77.4% | 78.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 72.9% | 65.3% | 80.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 60.9% | 60.9% | 60.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 40.4% | 39.0% | 41.8% | 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)
- 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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.5% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.514 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1687 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1687 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1991 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5095 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Ghana?
- How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? in Ghana was 39.0% in 2016, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 80.4% in 1991.
- What is the lowest how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.0% in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty??
- Ghana ranks 13th out of 120 countries with data for 2016.
- Is how does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.