The bar chart illustrates the percentage of households in Ghana that had access to a refrigerator, electricity, and water between 1991/1992 and 1998/1999, categorized by three poverty levels.
It can be seen that a higher share of non-poor households owned or had access to these essentials, and their figures grew over the period, while the access rates of the poor and the very poor remained significantly lower.
In terms of refrigerator ownership, only the non-poor group experienced growth, rising from 73% to 85%. In contrast, the proportion of poor households dropped from 57% to 48%, and that of the very poor decreased slightly from 48% to34%. This widened the gap between income groups in terms of electricity access.
Regarding electricity, the difference among the three groups was already noticeable in 1991/1992, as 73% of non-poor households had access compared to 48% of the poor and 34% of the very poor. Over time, the gap became even more noticeable. By 1998/1999, the non-poor rose to 85%, the poor to 48%, and the very poor to 34%.
Water was the most widely available resource across all three groups. The proportion of non-poor households with access to water increased slightly from 76% to 80%. The figure for the poor remained stable at 69%, while that of the very poor rose notably from 55% to 57%.