Summary
• This fact sheet summarizes the multidimensional poverty statistics for Techiman Municipal,
based on the 2021 PHC. It shows the incidence (who is poor?), intensity (how poor are
the poor?), deprivation in 13 indicators (what are people in the district lacking?), and the
contribution to multidimensional poverty (how is poverty experienced?). For information
on multidimensional poverty and methodology, refer to: https://statsghana.gov.gh/MPIPrimer.pdf
• In Techiman Municipal, 9.8 percent of the population live in multidimensional poverty and
the average intensity of poverty is 41.4 percent. This means that in Techiman Municipal the
Multidimensional Poverty Index is estimated to be 0.041.
• Techiman Municipal is placed 18th out of the 261 districts in terms of the percentage of
population living in multidimensional poor households. Within the Bono East Region it is
placed first out of 11 districts (a lower number indicates less poverty).
• Techiman Municipal is most deprived in the areas of improved toilet facilities (75.2%), overcrowding (38.4%), and school lag (35.3%). For two out of 13 indicators, Techiman Municipal
had a higher deprivation than the national averages
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