In August 2024, the Upper West and Upper East regions of Ghana reported the highest food and non-food inflation rates, with food inflation reaching 41.5% and non-food inflation at 31.9%, according to the Ghana Statistical Service’s Consumer Price Index and Inflation report.
Following closely, Savannah and Bono East recorded food inflation rates of 31.9% and 30.0%, respectively.
For non-food inflation, the Northern and Ashanti regions posted rates of 25.0% and 23.8%, ranking second and third.
In the food inflation category, the Eastern, Upper East, Ahafo, and Greater Accra regions took the fourth to seventh spots with rates of 24.5%, 22.6%, 21.8%, and 20.9%, respectively.
For non-food inflation, the Western, Western North, Greater Accra, and Bono regions ranked fourth to seventh, with rates of 23.2%, 22.3%, 21.9%, and 21.5%, respectively.
Central, Oti, Northern, Bono, and Ashanti regions recorded food inflation rates of 20.9%, 16.3%, 15.7%, 15.5%, and 15.2%, placing them eighth through twelfth.
In non-food inflation, the Central, Savannah, Volta, Eastern, and Bono East regions reported rates of 21.1%, 20.3%, 18.9%, 16.8%, and 15.6%, ranking eighth through twelfth.
For food inflation, the Western North, Volta, Western, and North East regions had rates of 15.1%, 13.1%, 11.4%, and 4.9 %, placing them thirteenth through sixteenth.
In non-food inflation, Ahafo, North East, Oti, and Upper West recorded rates of 15.3 %, 14.1 %, 13.7 %, and 13.1 %, also ranking them thirteenth through sixteenth.
Source: Adomonline
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