People living in extreme poverty in Ghana 2016-2023, by area
In 2023, around 2.99 million people in Ghana lived in extreme poverty, the majority in rural areas. The count of people living on less than 1.90 U.S. dollars a day in rural regions reached around 2.8 million, while 214,000 extremely poor people were located in urban areas. Overall, within the period examined, the poverty incidence remained above two million in rural communities and between 200 thousand and 350 thousand in urban areas.