As of 2023, nearly three million people in Ghana lived in extreme poverty, with the poverty threshold at 1.90 U.S. dollars a day. This stood as a decrease from the previous year, when over three million people lived in the said state of poverty. The headcount was expected to keep the declining trend by 2025, when around 2.8 million Ghanaians might live on a maximum of 1.90 U.S. dollars per day.
Number of people living in extreme poverty in Ghana from 2016 to 2025
(in 1,000s)
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World Data Lab. (August 1, 2022). Number of people living in extreme poverty in Ghana from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1245332/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-ghana/
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World Data Lab, Number of people living in extreme poverty in Ghana from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1245332/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-ghana/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Number of people living in extreme poverty in Ghana from 2016 to 2025 (in 1,000s) [Graph], World Data Lab, August 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1245332/number-of-people-living-in-extreme-poverty-in-ghana/
