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Ghana Living Standards Survey, 1987–2017
All seven rounds of Ghana’s main household welfare survey, each linked to its full report, questionnaires and data on the Ghana Statistical Service archive, with the headline poverty results from each round.
Ghana Statistical Service · 1988–2017 · Every 5–7 years
- Geographic level
- National
- Update cadence
- Every 5–7 years
- Licence
- Publisher terms apply
- Latest source
- See source notes
Evidence classification
Published source records and estimates are labelled at figure level
Poverty rate by survey round
Share of people below Ghana’s national poverty lines, as reported in each round’s poverty profile. Rounds 1 and 2 used a different method and are not comparable, so they are left out.
| Year | Group | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Extreme poverty (lower line) | 37GLSS3Ghana Statistical Service |
| 1992 | Poverty (upper line) | 52GLSS3Ghana Statistical Service |
| 1999 | Poverty (upper line) | 40GLSS4Ghana Statistical Service |
| 1999 | Extreme poverty (lower line) | 27GLSS4Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2006 | Poverty (upper line) | 32GLSS5Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2006 | Extreme poverty (lower line) | 18GLSS5Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2013 | Poverty (upper line) | 24GLSS6Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2013 | Extreme poverty (lower line) | 8GLSS6Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2017 | Extreme poverty (lower line) | 8GLSS7Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2017 | Poverty (upper line) | 23GLSS7Ghana Statistical Service |
Households interviewed per round
Sample size of each round. Larger samples allow regional and urban/rural breakdowns.
| Year | households |
|---|---|
| 1988 | 3,200GLSS1, survey year ending 1988Ghana Statistical Service |
| 1989 | 3,200GLSS2, survey year ending 1989Ghana Statistical Service |
| 1992 | 4,523GLSS3, survey year ending 1992Ghana Statistical Service |
| 1999 | 5,998GLSS4, survey year ending 1999Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2006 | 8,687GLSS5, survey year ending 2006Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2013 | 16,772GLSS6, survey year ending 2013Ghana Statistical Service |
| 2017 | 14,009GLSS7, survey year ending 2017Ghana Statistical Service |
Sources
Every figure on this page is linked to a named publisher. Official counts, survey results and modelled estimates remain visibly distinct in the figure and source notes.
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 1 (GLSS 1), 1987–88Survey documentation, reports and questionnaires, plus microdata access (free registration). About 3,200 households interviewed.
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 2 (GLSS 2), 1988–89Survey documentation, reports and questionnaires, plus microdata access (free registration). About 3,200 households interviewed.
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 3 (GLSS 3), 1991–92Survey documentation, reports and questionnaires, plus microdata access (free registration). About 4,523 households interviewed.
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 4 (GLSS 4), 1998–99Survey documentation, reports and questionnaires, plus microdata access (free registration). About 5,998 households interviewed.
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 5 (GLSS 5), 2005–06Survey documentation, reports and questionnaires, plus microdata access (free registration). About 8,687 households interviewed.
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 6 (GLSS 6), with Labour Force Module, 2012–13Survey documentation, reports and questionnaires, plus microdata access (free registration). About 16,772 households interviewed.
Ghana Statistical Service
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 7 (GLSS 7), 2016–17Survey documentation, reports and questionnaires, plus microdata access (free registration). About 14,009 households interviewed.
Attribution: Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 1–7)