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    Ghana inflation rate (CPI, year-on-year)

    5.5% in the latest reading (October 2026). Source: Ghana Statistical Service (earlier months: IMF monthly CPI series).

    Ghana's inflation rate is the percentage change in the Ghana Statistical Service consumer price index over the same month a year earlier.

    Previous reading
    5.2%
    September 2026 · change +0.3 points
    A year earlier
    8.1%
    October 2025 · change −2.6 points
    Target
    6–10%
    Bank of Ghana medium-term target, 8% ± 2%; latest is below the band
    Ghana inflation rate (CPI, year-on-year) (%)
    52.1%3.2%2021-11-012026-10-01

    Source: Ghana Statistical Service (earlier months: IMF monthly CPI series) · last updated 1 Oct 2026 · Monthly. GSS usually publishes a month's CPI early in the following month.

    Latest readings

    October 20265.5%
    September 20265.2%
    August 20265.0%
    July 20264.6%
    June 20265.3%
    May 20263.7%
    April 20263.4%
    March 20263.2%
    February 20263.3%
    January 20263.8%
    December 20255.4%
    November 20256.4%

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    Cite as: StatsGH, “Ghana inflation rate (CPI, year-on-year)”, https://www.statsgh.com/indicators/inflation-rate, data from Ghana Statistical Service (earlier months: IMF monthly CPI series), latest October 2026.

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