A 5.4million people out of 12.3million workforce in Ghana are tagged as multidimensionally poor according to the Ghana statistical service’s 2022 labour statistics report
Multidimensional poverty considers the many overlapping deprivations that poor people experience. People living in poverty often refer to lack of education, poor health and nutrition, ramshackle housing, and unsafe water as examples of their disadvantages to a meaningful standard of. These deprivations reflect the lived experiences of many poor people and the obstacles they face in pursuing and achieving valuable capabilities. The presence and shared experiences of multiple deprivations, therefore, motivate the urgency to focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially Goal 1, which calls for an end to poverty in all its forms everywhere.
The report indicated that 4.8million out of the 5.4 million are employed but unfortunately are not able to access education, good health care or may be working under unfavorable poor working conditions, some of these workers are paid in kind which makes them monetary poor.
This could have significant consequences on the productivity of the workers as well as economic growth.
Majority of these workers are receiving relatively low incomes which deprives them from accessing basic necessities.
Also according to the report 46% representing 14.1 million of the entire Ghana population are multidimensionally poor.
The report also revealed that Ashanti region has more multidimensional poor citizens than any other region.Ashanti region has 2.1 million multidimensionally poor citizens.The regional headcount
The report stated that among the multidimensionally poor, deprivation in health insurance coverage and unimproved toilet facilities are the plausible drivers of poverty in Ghana.
Deprivation in health is the largest contributor to multidimensional poverty, with a 44.1% rate, followed by standard of living at 32.8%, and education at 23.1%.
For the moment,Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Report 2022 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) indicates, that 24.6% of Ghana’s population based on a 2017/2018 survey, are multidimensionally poor. This means that about 6 million Ghanaians were multidimensionally poor in 2017/2018.
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