Ghana Statistical Service has published 261 fact sheets & 30 district level reports on multidimensional poverty by including MPI questions in the Ghana 2021 Population and Housing Census to inform poverty reduction in the country. These materials were published in 2023 and are the first statistics for multidimensional poverty across districts in Ghana. 

• Visit here for 261 fact sheets on districts
• Visit here for 20 district reports

The Ghana Statistical Service launched the Ghana MPI in July 2020. Their first report was produced with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and OPHI. 

The national MPI was computed using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS) 2016/2017 and the 2011 and 2018 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) for trend analyses.

• Citation: Ghana Statistical Service (2020). Multidimensional Poverty - Ghana. 

Poverty Cut-Off: For the National MPI a person is considered poor if they are deprived in one third or more of the 12 weighted indicators. According to the district reports published in 2023, a person is considered poor if they are deprived in one third or more of the 13 weighted indicators. Indicator definitions were changed from the Ghana MPI 2020 within the Education and Health dimensions and an additional indicator was added for Wage Employment. 

The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country.     

Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Ghana based on MICS year 2017-2018 .

Official institution responsible for statistics 

• Ghana Statistical Services. (statsghana.gov.gh) 

Events:  

• 5 March 2020 | Araba Forson, Deputy Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service at UNSC 51 Side Event 
• 25 February 2021 | Samuel K. Annim, Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service at UNSC 52 Side Event 
• 15 February 2022 | Samuel K. Annim, Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Service at the High-Level Side-Event at 53rd Session of the United Nations Statistical Commission 

Dimensions articles:  

• October 2022 | Incorporating the MPI into data collection in Ghana: An interview with Francis Mensah | MPPN

Press Releases/News:  

• 29 July 2020 | Ghana launches a national Multidimensional Poverty Index  
• 29 July 2020 | New data looking at poverty in different dimensions in Ghana show reduction over time
• 1 October 2022 | International Day of Older Persons Press Release from Statistical Service.pdf (statsghana.gov.gh) 
• 2 October 2023 | International Day of Rural Women Press Release from GSS.pdf (statsghana.gov.gh)