Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ghana
Ghana: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 85.37 in 2016. ▼ Falling
Latest (2016)
85.37
World rank
20th
of 120 countries
All-time high
98.38
in 1987
All-time low
85.37
in 2016
Years of data
7
1987–2016
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ghana, 1987–2016
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 85.37 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2016. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ghana peaked at 98.38 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 85.37, in 2016.
That places Ghana 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the top quarter.
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ghana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 98.38 | — |
| 1988 | 98.11 | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 98.32 | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 96.07 | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 94.12 | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 86.34 | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 85.37 | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.24 | 98.11 | 98.38 | 2 |
| 1990s | 97.2 | 96.07 | 98.32 | 2 |
| 2000s | 94.12 | 94.12 | 94.12 | 1 |
| 2010s | 85.86 | 85.37 | 86.34 | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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)
- 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 revenues vs income inequality 13.54 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.514 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ghana?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Ghana was 85.37 in 2016, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 98.38 in 1987.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.37 in 2016.
- How does Ghana rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Ghana ranks 20th out of 120 countries with data for 2016.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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