The inflation rate in Ghana, as of August 2021, was highest in the Northern region, which registered a growth of 14.6 percent from August of the previous year. This was followed by the Greater Accra and the Upper West regions with a rate of inflation reported at 12.8 and 11.9 percent, respectively. The region which achieved the lowest price levels of household goods and services was Eastern, at three percent. Overall, four regions in the country recorded a Consumer Price Index above the national average of 9.7 percent.
Regional year-on-year inflation rate in Ghana as of August 2021
The source indicates that the rate of inflation for August 2021 is the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) over the twelve-month period, from April 2020 to August 2021.
It also explains that: "The Combined Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change over time in the general price level of goods and services that households acquire for the purpose of consumption, with reference to the price level in 2018, the base year, which has an index of 100."
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Ghana Statistical Service. (September 8, 2021). Regional year-on-year inflation rate in Ghana as of August 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1186131/regional-year-on-year-inflation-rate-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service. "Regional year-on-year inflation rate in Ghana as of August 2021." Chart. September 8, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1186131/regional-year-on-year-inflation-rate-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service. (2021). Regional year-on-year inflation rate in Ghana as of August 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1186131/regional-year-on-year-inflation-rate-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service. "Regional Year-on-year Inflation Rate in Ghana as of August 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1186131/regional-year-on-year-inflation-rate-in-ghana/
Ghana Statistical Service, Regional year-on-year inflation rate in Ghana as of August 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1186131/regional-year-on-year-inflation-rate-in-ghana/ (last visited January 06, 2025)
Regional year-on-year inflation rate in Ghana as of August 2021 [Graph], Ghana Statistical Service, September 8, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1186131/regional-year-on-year-inflation-rate-in-ghana/
