Poverty & Inequality in Ghana 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Ghana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 85.4% 2016 down 9.2% 20th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 56.3% 2016 down 26.6% 16th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 39.0% 2016 down 36.0% 13th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 15.8% 2016 down 40.2% 9th Prosperity gap 11.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2016 down 26.6% 7th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 49.0% 2016 down 22.2% 15th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 41.2% 2016 down 32.3% 12th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 25.0% 2016 down 35.4% 10th Population living in slums 33.5% 2022 down 16.7% 68th Income share held by second 20% 9.6% 2016 down 3.0% 107th Gini index 43.5 2016 up 1.6% 16th Income share held by lowest 20% 4.7% 2016 down 9.6% 110th Income share held by lowest 10% 1.6% 2016 down 15.8% 112th Income share held by highest 10% 32.2% 2016 down 1.5% 21st Income share held by highest 20% 48.6% 2016 unchanged 19th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.3% 2016 up 2.8% 53rd Income share held by third 20% 14.8% 2016 up 1.4% 96th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 20.6% 2016 up 14.4% 7th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 39.0% 2016 down 35.9% 13th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 23.4% 2016 down 26.6% 17th