Ghana - Poverty gap

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Ghana was 4.40 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 16.70 in 1991, while its lowest value was 3.20 in 2012.

Definition: Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1987 13.40
1988 12.90
1991 16.70
1998 11.50
2005 7.60
2012 3.20
2016 4.40

Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Ghana was 11.20 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 36.20 in 1991 and a minimum value of 10.40 in 2012.

Definition: Poverty gap at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $3.20 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1987 31.90
1988 31.40
1991 36.20
1998 27.00
2005 19.20
2012 10.40
2016 11.20

Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (%) in Ghana was 24.40 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.40 in 1991 and a minimum value of 24.40 in 2016.

Definition: Poverty gap at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $5.50 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1987 54.50
1988 53.80
1991 57.40
1998 47.00
2005 37.90
2012 25.20
2016 24.40

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates