Ghana poverty rate for 2016 was 85.40%, a 0.9% decline from 2012.
Ghana poverty rate for 2012 was 86.30%, a 7.8% decline from 2005.
Ghana poverty rate for 2005 was 94.10%, a 2% decline from 1998.
Ghana poverty rate for 1998 was 96.10%, a 2.2% decline from 1991.
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Ghana Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1987 - 2016.