The Multidimensional poverty incidence in Ghana has reduced from 23.9% in the First Quarter (Q1) to 21.9% in the Third Quarter (Q3).
The Quarterly Multidimensional Poverty Report (2024Q1-2025 Q3) presented by Ghana Statistical Service at news Conference in Accra said, over 360,000 people exited poverty between Q2 and Q3 and about 950,000 persons exited poverty between 2024 Q3 and 2025 Q3 respectively.
According to Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, the Government Statistician the Regional inequality remains high with North East and Savannah remain above 50%, whereas Greater Accra and Western stay below 20% compare to the national figure 21.9% for the period under review.
He said, the rural-urban gap remains wide, above 18 percentage points gap as Rural poverty is about 31.9% compared to 14.2% in urban areas.
When it comes to the contribution of dimension to MPI, Health deprivations dominated MPI contributions in 2025, peaking at 47.7% in Q2 from 40.9% in Q3 and Employment contributed the least in both quarters from 9.4% in Q2 to 12.3% in Q3.
On the health front, Dr. Iddrisu mentioned that Health Insurance and nutrition remain dominant contributors, though nutrition’s share dropped from 20.3% to 14.4% between Q2 and Q3.
Multidimensional poverty among male headed households declined from 23.6% in Q2 to 21.9% in Q3 2025, while female headed households remained unchanged at 22.0%
Employment deprivation increased from 9.7% to 12.3%, alongside school attendance deprivation and overcrowding, signaling growing pressures outside the health dimension, when it comes to Incidence of MP by Household Headship.
