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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index for Ghana and its subnational areas: the headcount, intensity and the contribution of each deprivation — schooling, nutrition, water, sanitation, electricity, housing — rather than income alone. Sourced from Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX (public domain). 17 records.
Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.
| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| country_iso3 | TEXT |
| admin_1_pcode | TEXT |
| admin_1_name | TEXT |
| mpi | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| headcount_ratio | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| intensity_of_deprivation | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| vulnerable_to_poverty | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| in_severe_poverty | DECIMAL(24,6) |
| survey | TEXT |
| start_date | TEXT |
| end_date | TEXT |
| source | TEXT |
| country iso3TEXT | admin 1 pcodeTEXT | admin 1 nameTEXT | mpiDECIMAL(24,6) | headcount ratioDECIMAL(24,6) | intensity of deprivationDECIMAL(24,6) | vulnerable to povertyDECIMAL(24,6) | in severe povertyDECIMAL(24,6) | surveyTEXT | start dateTEXT | end dateTEXT | sourceTEXT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHA | — | — | 0.1128 | 24.7994 | 45.4788 | 19.9776 | 8.3621 | DHS | 2022-01-01 00:00:00+00:00 | 2022-12-31 23:59:59+00:00 | Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX (public domain) |
| GHA | GH01 | Ahafo | 0.1269 | 29.81 | 42.5692 | 29.0706 | 6.3139 | DHS | 2022-01-01 00:00:00+00:00 | 2022-12-31 23:59:59+00:00 | Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX (public domain) |
| GHA | GH02 | Ashanti | 0.06 | 15.2373 | 39.3861 | 22.7742 | 1.7279 | DHS | 2022-01-01 00:00:00+00:00 | 2022-12-31 23:59:59+00:00 | Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX (public domain) |
| GHA | GH03 | Bono | 0.0661 | 15.9302 | 41.4985 | 21.1709 | 4.4621 | DHS | 2022-01-01 00:00:00+00:00 | 2022-12-31 23:59:59+00:00 | Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX (public domain) |
| GHA | GH04 | Bono East | 0.1709 | 34.7825 | 49.1223 | 21.1389 | 14.6254 | DHS | 2022-01-01 00:00:00+00:00 | 2022-12-31 23:59:59+00:00 | Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX (public domain) |
12 more rows — see the plans
See the plansGET connect.apighana.com/api/data/multidimensional_poverty
Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.
API Ghana. (2026). Multidimensional poverty (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and UNDP, via HDX]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/multidimensional-poverty
curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/multidimensional_poverty?page=1&limit=20" \ -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"
const response = await fetch(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/multidimensional_poverty?page=1&limit=20",
{ headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);
const { data, meta } = await response.json();import os, requests
response = requests.get(
"https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/multidimensional_poverty",
headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)
rows = response.json()["data"]