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Ghana producer price inflation rises to 4.4 percent in August 2026

GHDatafie, 22 October 2026

Producer price inflation in Ghana was 4.4 percent in August 2026, according to provisional figures from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) published on 16 September 2026. That is 0.4 percentage points higher than July 2026, 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. The figure is provisional. GSS published it on 16 September 2026.

In July 2026 the rate was 4.0 percent, also provisional. GHDatafie calculated that the August rate is 0.4 percentage points higher than July's.

What the figure measures

The Producer Price Index (PPI) tracks the prices producers get for what they make and sell, before goods reach shops. GSS reports it for all activities combined. The figure here is the year-on-year change in that index, which compares prices in one month with the same month a year earlier.

A rate of 4.4 percent means producer prices are still rising, though slowly. A rate that goes up from one month to the next means producer prices are rising faster than before. A lower rate would mean they are rising more slowly, not that they are falling. Prices only fall when the rate goes below zero.

For an everyday picture, GHDatafie calculated that at a yearly rate of 4.4 percent, something that cost GH₵100 in August 2025 costs GH₵104.4 in August 2026, on average. Keep in mind that this is about prices at the producer's gate. Shop prices are measured separately.

How August compares

The year-on-year rate has moved up and down during 2026. Among the figures shown, the lowest this year was 1.4 percent in February 2026. It climbed through the spring to a high for the year of 5.8 percent in May 2026, eased in June, and has risen again in July and August. The chart above has every value.

The figures shown also include a single reading for April 2025, which is well above any 2026 figure. There is no August 2025 rate among the figures shown, so a direct comparison with the same month a year earlier is not available here. GSS's archive has gaps, with no newsletters between August 2022 and January 2026 apart from April 2025. As a result, the series on GHDatafie runs from April 2025 and then resumes in February 2026.

Every figure in this story is marked provisional by GSS. Figures are shown as published and may be revised.

Where to see the full series

You can see each published value, with its period and publication date, on the producer price inflation series page. Other new publications are listed on the releases page.

Where the figures come from

The figures are from Table 1 of the GSS PPI Newsletter, on the March 2020 to February 2021 base, and GSS prints them to one decimal place. Source: Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), statsghana.gov.gh. GHDatafie compiles them and is independent of GSS, which does not endorse it. Series page: Producer price inflation, all activities, year on year.

Questions people ask

What is Ghana's producer price inflation rate?

Ghana's producer price inflation for all activities was 4.4 percent in August 2026, according to provisional figures from the Ghana Statistical Service. That was up from 4.0 percent in July 2026.

What is the difference between producer price inflation and consumer inflation?

Producer price inflation measures changes in the prices producers receive for their output, before goods reach shops. Consumer inflation tracks the prices households pay, and GSS measures it separately.

Does a rising PPI rate mean prices are going up faster?

Yes. A higher year-on-year rate means producer prices are rising faster than before. GHDatafie calculated that the August 2026 rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than July's.

Are the August 2026 PPI figures final?

No. The Ghana Statistical Service marks the August 2026 figure of 4.4 percent as provisional, so it may be revised.

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 in August 2025 costs GH₵104.4 in August 2026, on average. This refers to producer prices, not shop prices.

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.