Ashanti and Greater Accra together accounted for 60.2% of Ghana's annual consumer inflation in October 2026, Ghana Statistical Service figures show.
National inflation rose to 5.5% in October from 5.2% in September, the third monthly increase in a row. It is still 2.5 percentage points below the 8% recorded in October 2025.
Ashanti contributed 35.2% of national inflation and Greater Accra 25%. Ashanti also had the highest regional rate at 9.7%, almost unchanged from 9.8% in September.
Greater Accra's rate was 4.8%, below the national figure, but the region weighs heavily in national household spending. Its inflation rose from 3.4% in September.
After Ashanti, the highest rates were in Eastern at 7.8%, Ahafo at 6.8% and Central at 6.2%.
Two regions recorded falling prices. Northern posted inflation of minus 0.5%, against 11.2% a year earlier, and Western minus 0.1%. North East fell to 3.9% from 17.3% in October 2025.
Nationally, the rise came from outside food. Food inflation eased to 2.8% from 4%, while non-food inflation climbed to 7.9% from 6.2% and services inflation to 11.5% from 8.3%.
Prices fell 0.1% month on month in October, after a 1.1% rise in September, helped by a 2% drop in food prices.
"Where you live actually changes what you pay. In other words, inflation is not the same everywhere in Ghana," Government Statistician Dr Alhassan Iddrisu said.