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Ghana producer price inflation rose to 4.4% in August 2026

GHDatafie, 22 October 2026

Producer price inflation in Ghana was 4.4 percent in August 2026, according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The figure is provisional and was published on 16 September 2026. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the July 2026 rate of 4.0 percent, GHDatafie calculated.

Prices received by Ghana's producers were 4.4 percent higher in August 2026 than in August 2025, according to the Ghana Statistical Service. GSS published the figure on 16 September 2026 and marks it as provisional, so it may change in a later newsletter.

Producer price inflation measures how fast the prices producers get for their output are rising. It covers all activities in the GSS Producer Price Index, the index GSS calls "All PPI". When the rate is 4.4 percent, prices at the producer stage are 4.4 percent higher than twelve months before. The rate does not tell you prices went up by 4.4 cedis.

How August compares

In July 2026 the rate was 4.0 percent, also provisional. August's figure is 0.4 percentage points higher, GHDatafie calculated. The rate has now risen for two months in a row.

The chart above shows a mixed path through 2026. The lowest figure shown is 1.4 percent, for February 2026. The rate then climbed to 5.8 percent in May 2026 before falling back in June and rising again in July and August. The oldest figure shown, 18.5 percent for April 2025, is far above any 2026 reading.

The figures shown do not include August 2025, so the August rate cannot be set beside the rate a year earlier. GSS's archive of newsletters has gaps, and GHDatafie carries only the newsletters it publishes.

What 4.4 percent means in cedis

GHDatafie calculated an everyday example from the August rate. At a yearly rate of 4.4 percent, something a producer sold for GH₵100 in August 2025 sells for GH₵104.4 in August 2026, on average. Individual products can move by more or less than the average.

Producer prices are measured before goods reach shops, so the rate is separate from the consumer inflation figure that tracks what households pay.

About the figures

The rates come from Table 1 of the GSS PPI Newsletter and are printed as GSS prints them, to one decimal place. GHDatafie carries only newsletters on the March 2020 - February 2021 base. According to the methodology note, GSS's archive has no newsletters between August 2022 and January 2026 except April 2025. Every figure shown is marked provisional by GSS. All figures are as published and may be revised.

You can see each monthly value on the producer price inflation series page, and new publications on the releases page.

Where the figures come from

The figures are from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), statsghana.gov.gh, as published in its PPI Newsletter. GHDatafie compiles them and is independent of, and not endorsed by, GSS. See the full series at Producer price inflation, all activities, year on year.

Questions people ask

What is Ghana's producer price inflation rate?

Ghana's producer price inflation was 4.4 percent in August 2026, according to the Ghana Statistical Service. The figure is provisional and was published on 16 September 2026.

Did producer price inflation rise or fall in August 2026?

It rose. The August 2026 rate of 4.4 percent is 0.4 percentage points higher than July 2026's 4.0 percent, GHDatafie calculated from GSS figures.

What does producer price inflation measure?

It measures the year-on-year change in the GSS Producer Price Index for all activities, which tracks the prices producers receive for their output. A rate of 4.4 percent means producer prices are 4.4 percent higher than a year earlier.

What does 4.4 percent producer price inflation mean in cedis?

GHDatafie calculated that at a yearly rate of 4.4 percent, something that cost GH₵100 at producer prices in August 2025 costs GH₵104.4 in August 2026, on average. Individual products can differ from the average.

Are Ghana's producer price figures final?

No. GSS marks the August 2026 figure, and every other figure shown, as provisional, so they may be revised in later newsletters.

Figures in this article

• Producer price inflation, all activities, year on year: Source: Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), statsghana.gov.gh. Figures as published by GSS; compiled by GHDatafie, which is independent of and not endorsed by GSS.

Changes and everyday examples are calculated by GHDatafie from the published figures. GHDatafie is independent and is not part of, or endorsed by, the publishers it quotes.