Upper East and Upper West Lead in August 2024 Inflation Rates.
In August 2024, the Upper West and Upper East regions of Ghana experienced the highest inflation rates, with food inflation at 41.5% and non-food inflation at 31.9%, according to the Ghana Statistical Service’s Consumer Price Index and Inflation report.The Savannah and Bono East regions followed, with food inflation at 31.9% and 30.0%, respectively. For non-food inflation, the Northern and Ashanti regions had rates of 25.0% and 23.8%, respectively.In the food inflation category, Eastern, Upper East, Ahafo, and Greater Accra regions ranked fourth to seventh, with rates of 24.5%, 22.6%, 21.8%, and 20.9%. For non-food inflation, Western, Western North, Greater Accra, and Bono regions were ranked fourth to seventh with rates of 23.2%, 22.3%, 21.9%, and 21.5%.Central, Oti, Northern, Bono, and Ashanti regions had food inflation rates of 20.9%, 16.3%, 15.7%, 15.5%, and 15.2%, placing them eighth to twelfth. In non-food […]
