About GNHR

Understanding Ghana's commitment to building a credible, comprehensive national social protection registry.

Our Mission

A single register for all social protection

The Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) continues to make significant progress toward establishing a comprehensive and credible National Social Registry to support evidence-based targeting of social protection programmes.

As of the current reporting period, GNHR operations span 16 regions and 255 districts, with data collected from 18,457 communities nationwide.

Using the Proxy Means Test (PMT) methodology developed based on the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 7, 2016/17), GNHR classifies households into welfare categories to ensure objective, transparent, and data-driven beneficiary selection.

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Four Pillars of the Registry

Our registry is built on four foundational principles that guide every aspect of our operations.

Comprehensive Database

A unified database containing over 2.9 million household records covering all 16 regions and 255 districts of Ghana, providing the largest and most complete social registry in the country.

Transparency

Community-driven data collection processes with public verification, ensuring that every household has an opportunity to validate the information captured about them.

Efficient Targetting

The Proxy Means Test (PMT) methodology objectively classifies households, enabling data-driven identification of extreme poor and absolute poor households for targeted interventions.

Awareness

Continuous public education and community engagement programmes build trust, ensure inclusive participation, and maintain the integrity of the registry.

Data Collection Approach

10 regions

Partial Regional Coverage

Targeted data collection in selected communities based on poverty indicators and coverage needs.

6 regions

Census-Level Enumeration

Complete household coverage in priority regions, ensuring no household is left behind.

Explore the GNHR

Learn more about how we collect, manage and share Ghana's household data.

The Registry

How GNHR collects and manages household data across Ghana.

Our Process

The 6-step enumeration process from community entry to data sharing.

Statistics

Regional coverage data, poverty classifications and key figures.

Request Data

Access GNHR data for research and social protection programmes.

Helpline of Hope

Ghana National Household Registry (GNHR) Toll Free

0800 800 900