PHOTOS::::::::NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN EXTREME POVERTY IN GHANA FROM 2016 TO 2021, BY AREAS

In 2021, over 3.57 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 nearly 3.3 million, while 278,000 extremely poor people were located in urban areas. Overall, within the period examined, the poverty incidence remained above three million in rural communities and between 250 thousand and 400 thousand in urban areas.