Nabdam in the Upper East region has emerged the highest district with the incidence of multidimensional poverty in Ghana. Out of the 261 districts, Nabdam recorded 68.3%, which is about 11 times higher than in Asokwa Municipality in the Ashanti region with 6.3% being the lowest.
According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the incidence of multidimensional poverty in 23 districts is higher than 50 percent, which is more than twice the national rate of 24.3%.
In 55 of the districts with both rural and urban residential settlements, there is at least a 20 percentage point difference in the incidence of multidimensional poverty with the highest disparity in Kwahu Afram Plains North in the Eastern region with 38 percentage points.
In nine out of every 10 districts, multidimensional poverty is higher for female headed households compared to male-headed households.
The principal contributor to multidimensional poverty across districts are employment in 206 districts and insurance coverage in 55 districts.
The Ghana Statistical Service released the scorecards on multidimensional poverty for all 261 districts in Ghana as part of its 2023 African Statistics Day commemorative activities.
This multidimensional poverty indicator is a non-monetary deprivation measure that comprises 13 indicators in four dimensions.
