Producer price inflation in Ghana explained: August 2026 at 4.4 percent
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Ghana's producer price inflation was **4.4 percent** in August 2026, according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS). The figure is provisional. It means producer prices for all activities were 4.4 percent higher on average than in August 2025.
Producer price inflation for all activities was 4.4 percent year on year in August 2026, according to the Ghana Statistical Service. GSS marks the figure as provisional, so it may still change. It is the latest figure published.
What producer price inflation measures
The Producer Price Index (PPI) tracks the prices that producers in Ghana receive for what they make and sell. GSS publishes it for "all activities", which combines the sectors it covers into one index. Producer price inflation is the percentage change in that index compared with the same month a year earlier. A figure of 4.4 percent for August 2026 means producer prices were 4.4 percent higher on average than in August 2025.
GHDatafie calculated an everyday example. At a yearly rate of 4.4 percent, goods that producers sold for GH₵100 in August 2025 sold for GH₵104.4 in August 2026, on average. Individual products will have moved by more or less than that.
How the figure is measured
The figures come from Table 1 of the GSS PPI Newsletter. GSS prints them to one decimal place, and GHDatafie carries them exactly as printed. The index uses a base period of March 2020 to February 2021, and GHDatafie only carries newsletters on that base. Figures that GSS marks "p" are provisional. Every figure shown here has that flag.
The GSS archive has gaps. Apart from April 2025, there are no newsletters between August 2022 and January 2026. You will see that gap in the chart above, so the figures shown jump from April 2025 to February 2026.
How the latest figure compares
Inflation rose from 4.0 percent in July 2026 to 4.4 percent in August 2026. GHDatafie calculated that as a rise of 0.4 percentage points.
Among the figures shown, the highest is 18.5 percent in April 2025 and the lowest is 1.4 percent in February 2026. Through 2026 the rate has moved up and down from month to month rather than in a straight line. The chart above shows each month's value when you hover over it.
How to read it
A lower inflation rate means producer prices are rising more slowly. It does not mean they are falling. Prices only fall on average when the rate is below zero, and none of the figures shown are below zero. So when inflation went from 18.5 percent in April 2025 to 1.4 percent in February 2026, producer prices were still rising in February 2026, at a slower yearly pace.
A "percentage point" is the gap between two percentages. A move from 4.0 percent to 4.4 percent is a rise of 0.4 percentage points, which is different from a 0.4 percent rise in prices.
The measure covers prices at the producer stage. It is a different measure from consumer price inflation, which tracks what households pay in shops and markets, and the two can show different rates in the same month. If you want to know about the cost of your own shopping, the consumer measure is the one to check.
The figures do not say why prices moved. They record how much they changed.
Revisions
All figures here are as published by GSS and may be revised. Because every value shown is provisional, a later newsletter could print a different number for the same month. GHDatafie updates the series page when GSS publishes a change.
Where the figures come from
The figures are published by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) in its PPI Newsletter. They are compiled by GHDatafie, which is independent of and not endorsed by GSS. You can see the full series on the producer price inflation page, and recent publications on the releases page.
Questions people ask
- What is Ghana's producer price inflation rate?
- Ghana's producer price inflation for all activities was 4.4 percent year on year in August 2026, according to the Ghana Statistical Service. The figure is provisional.
- What does producer price inflation measure?
- It measures how much the prices producers receive for their goods have changed compared with the same month a year earlier. GSS publishes it as the year-on-year change in the Producer Price Index for all activities.
- Did producer price inflation rise or fall in August 2026?
- It rose, from 4.0 percent in July 2026 to 4.4 percent in August 2026, according to GSS. GHDatafie calculated that as a rise of 0.4 percentage points. Both figures are provisional.
- Does a lower producer price inflation rate mean prices are falling?
- No. A lower rate means producer prices are rising more slowly. Prices fall on average only when the rate is below zero, and none of the figures shown, from April 2025 to August 2026, are below zero.
- Is producer price inflation the same as consumer inflation?
- No. Producer price inflation tracks prices received by producers, while consumer price inflation tracks prices households pay. They are separate measures and can show different rates in the same month.
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.
| Period | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | 18.5 | provisional |
| February 2026 | 1.4 | provisional |
| March 2026 | 1.5 | provisional |
| April 2026 | 2.7 | provisional |
| May 2026 | 5.8 | provisional |
| June 2026 | 3.5 | provisional |
| July 2026 | 4.0 | provisional |
| August 2026 | 4.4 | provisional |
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.