Poverty & Inequality in Ghana 96 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Ghana. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 unchanged 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 18.2% 130th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.7% 111th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.4 live births per woman 2023 down 17.4% 47th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 2,688 kg per hectare 2023 up 59.1% 99th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 24.2% 106th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.43 % change on previous year 2023 up 332.5% 28th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 13.54 2023 up 32.5% 134th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 13.5% 2023 up 32.5% 134th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 3.4% 118th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 3.36 % change on previous year 2023 up 151.8% 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 up 100.0% 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.514 2023 down 7.9% 33rd Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.6% 2023 up 22.1% 154th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1687 2023 down 16.0% 29th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1687 2023 down 16.0% 29th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1991 2023 down 10.9% 28th 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 Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 56.3% 2016 down 26.6% 16th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 85.4% 2016 down 9.2% 20th Prosperity gap 11.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2016 down 26.6% 7th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.5095 2023 up 9.1% 13th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 25.0% 2016 down 35.4% 10th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 41.2% 2016 down 32.3% 12th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 49.0% 2016 down 22.2% 15th Population living in slums 33.5% 2022 down 16.7% 68th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.399 2023 up 9.6% 130th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.399 2023 up 9.6% 130th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.399 2023 up 9.6% 130th Proportion of population below international poverty line 39.0% 2016 down 36.0% 14th Three metrics of inequality 60.78 2016 down 0.3% 25th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6078 2016 down 0.3% 25th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 18.74 2023 down 54.2% 163rd Income share held by second 20% 9.6% 2016 down 3.0% 109th Income share held by third 20% 14.8% 2016 up 1.4% 98th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.3% 2016 up 2.8% 55th Income share held by highest 20% 48.6% 2016 unchanged 19th Income share held by highest 10% 32.2% 2016 down 1.5% 21st Income share held by lowest 10% 1.6% 2016 down 15.8% 112th Income share held by lowest 20% 4.7% 2016 down 9.6% 110th Gini index 43.5 2016 up 1.6% 16th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 20.6% 2016 up 14.4% 9th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 5.18 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2016 down 21.5% 12th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 15.8% 2016 down 39.9% 9th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.2245 2024 down 47.6% 67th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.5977 2016 up 1.2% 16th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.5977 2016 up 1.2% 16th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.2% 2024 down 48.8% 64th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 4,104 2017 up 70.2% 120th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 48.9% 2016 down 1.8% 29th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 15.2% 2016 down 3.8% 51st Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 39.0% 2016 down 35.9% 13th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4351 2016 up 1.8% 16th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 11.65 million people 2016 down 16.3% 14th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 39.0% 2016 down 35.9% 13th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 39.0% 2016 down 35.9% 13th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 39.0% 2016 down 35.9% 13th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 2.97 million people 2016 up 229.1% 80th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 39.0% 2016 down 35.9% 13th Page 1 of 2 Next →