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1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Ghana (Africa)
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Total 90.1 90.6 91.1 91.6 92.1 92.6 93.1 93.6 94.1 89.9 85.8 81.6 82.3 83.0 85.3 87.5 89.8 88.0 86.3 84.5 89.0 93.5 98.0 103 107 112
Urban 66.9 67.8 68.8 69.8 70.8 71.8 72.7 73.7 74.7 72.2 69.7 67.2 67.9 68.5 70.5 72.4 74.4 74.1 73.7 73.4 77.7 82.0 86.3 90.6 94.9 99.2
Rural 99.6 101 102 104 105 107 108 110 111 105 99.2 93.3 94.7 96.0 99.6 103 107 104 100 96.8 101 105 109 113 117 122
Poor 94.7 95.9 97.0 98.1 99.2 100 101 103 104 99.3 94.9 90.5 93.2 95.9 98.8 102 105 104 102 101 105 110 114 118 123 127
Nonpoor 60.0 60.3 60.5 60.8 61.1 61.3 61.6 61.8 62.1 61.5 60.8 60.2 62.0 63.7 66.4 69.2 71.9 71.7 71.6 71.4 76.0 80.6 85.2 89.8 94.4 99.0
Lowest 25% 108 109 111 113 114 116 117 119 120 115 109 103 105 106 111 116 121 117 112 108 113 118 122 127 131 136
Second 25% 96.1 98.2 100 102 105 107 109 111 113 106 99.8 93.2 94.5 95.7 97.3 99.0 101 97.8 95.0 92.2 97.8 103 109 115 120 126
Third 25% 93.6 92.1 90.7 89.3 87.9 86.5 85.0 83.6 82.2 80.2 78.2 76.2 75.9 75.5 76.7 77.8 79.0 77.4 75.7 74.1 78.8 83.6 88.3 93.0 97.8 103
Highest 25% 65.1 64.8 64.5 64.2 63.9 63.6 63.3 63.0 62.7 60.5 58.4 56.2 56.1 56.0 56.5 57.0 57.5 58.4 59.2 60.1 64.0 68.0 71.9 75.8 79.8 83.7
Ashanti 94.1 94.0 94.0 93.9 93.8 93.8 93.7 93.7 93.6 89.5 85.3 81.2 80.9 80.5 83.5 86.5 89.5 87.9 86.3 84.7 88.9 93.2 97.4 102 106 110
Brong Ahafo 95.7 96.2 96.7 97.2 97.7 98.2 98.7 99.2 99.7 93.4 87.2 80.9 86.6 92.3 94.1 95.8 97.6 95.7 93.8 91.9 94.5 97.0 99.6 102 105 107
Central 108 107 107 107 106 106 105 105 105 100 95.9 91.6 92.8 93.9 93.8 93.6 93.5 93.1 92.6 92.2 96.1 99.9 104 108 112 115
Eastern 90.9 91.6 92.3 93.0 93.7 94.4 95.1 95.8 96.5 91.5 86.4 81.4 83.1 84.8 85.4 86.0 86.6 86.1 85.7 85.2 87.0 88.9 90.7 92.5 94.4 96.2
Greater Accra 60.3 60.9 61.6 62.3 63.0 63.7 64.3 65.0 65.7 62.6 59.6 56.5 57.5 58.5 60.4 62.3 64.2 64.8 65.5 66.1 68.5 70.9 73.3 75.7 78.1 80.5
Northern 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 115 109 103 96.8 99.0 101 109 116 124 118 112 106 112 117 123 129 135 141
Upper East 102 102 103 103 103 104 104 104 105 102 99.7 97.3 95.9 94.4 102 110 118 110 102 94.8 101 106 112 118 123 129
Upper West 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 109 109 109 103 97.0 101 105 109 108 107 106 105 104 103 101 100 99.1
Volta 95.5 95.8 96.0 96.2 96.4 96.6 96.9 97.1 97.3 94.3 91.2 88.2 85.5 82.8 87.4 91.9 96.5 94.3 92.0 89.8 95.2 101 106 112 117 122
Western 90.6 90.5 90.4 90.3 90.2 90.1 90.0 89.9 89.8 87.5 85.3 83.0 81.4 79.8 81.2 82.6 84.0 81.2 78.5 75.7 82.7 89.6 96.6 104 111 118