The Upper West and Upper East regions of Ghana recorded the highest food and non-food inflation rates for the month of August 2024, with food inflation at 41.5 percent and non-food inflation at 31.9 percent.

This data is sourced from the Ghana Statistical Service’s Consumer Price Index and Inflation report for August 2024.

Savannah and Bono East followed with food inflation rates of 31.9 percent and 30.0 percent, respectively. For non-food inflation, the Northern and Ashanti regions reported rates of 25.0 percent and 23.8 percent, securing the second and third positions.

In the food inflation category, Eastern, Upper East, Ahafo, and Greater Accra were in fourth through seventh positions with rates of 24.5 percent , 22.6 percent, 21.8 percent, and 20.9 percent, respectively.

For non-food inflation, Western, Western North, Greater Accra, and Bono regions ranked fourth through seventh with rates of 23.2 percent, 22.3 percent, 21.9 percent, and 21.5 percent, respectively.

Central, Oti, Northern, Bono, and Ashanti regions recorded food inflation rates of 20.9 percent, 16.3 percent, 15.7 percent, 15.5 percent, and 15.2 percent, placing them in the eighth through twelfth positions.

In non-food inflation, Central, Savannah, Volta, Eastern, and Bono East regions had rates of 21.1 percent, 20.3 percent, 18.9 percent, 16.8 percent, and 15.6 percent, ranking them in the eighth through twelfth positions.

For food inflation, Western North, Volta, Western, and North East regions had rates of 15.1 percent, 13.1 percent, 11.4 percent, and 4.9 percent, placing them in the thirteenth through sixteenth positions.

For non-food inflation, Ahafo, North East, Oti, and Upper West recorded rates of 15.3 percent, 14.1 percent, 13.7 percent, and 13.1 percent, also placing them in the thirteenth through sixteenth positions.