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Ghana Statistical Service: official statistics for Ghana

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) is Ghana's national statistics office. It publishes the consumer price index, producer prices, quarterly GDP, the quarterly Labour Force Survey, population projections, the 2021 Population and Housing Census and poverty and food insecurity measures. Its home page carries a 'Ghana at a Glance' panel with the latest figures.

Release calendar

What it publishes

• Monthly CPI inflation and producer price inflation.
• Quarterly and annual GDP by production and expenditure, and a monthly indicator of economic growth.
• Quarterly Labour Force Survey results, including unemployment.
• Population projections and the 2021 Population and Housing Census.
• Multidimensional poverty and food insecurity estimates.
• Industrial production and building cost indices.

Key datasets

• Ghana at a Glance (home page)
  Latest headline figures. On 13 October 2026: CPI inflation 5.2% (September 2026), GDP growth 6.0% (Q2 2026), unemployment 13.0% (Q3 2025).
  Updated: Updated with each release
• 2021 Population and Housing Census portal
  Census reports, tables and maps by region and district.
  Updated: One-off (2021 census)

APIs and downloads

• GSS data portals
  The home page links to StatsBank, the microdata catalogue, open data and a CPI inflation calculator.

When it publishes

CPI is released monthly and GDP quarterly; the home page lists upcoming releases and GSS publishes a release calendar.

How to use it to check a claim

1. Quote the reference period shown on the panel, which differs by indicator.
2. For unemployment, use GSS's survey-based rate rather than modelled international estimates when describing Ghana's official figure.
3. For poverty, say whether a figure is multidimensional poverty or monetary poverty.

Common mistakes

• GSS population projections and World Bank estimates differ by several hundred thousand people.

Where is Ghana's latest inflation figure?

On the GSS home page and in its monthly CPI bulletin; the Bank of Ghana home page also shows it.

Questions answered using this source

• What is the inflation rate in Ghana?
• What is Ghana's GDP growth rate?
• What is the unemployment rate in Ghana?
• What is the population of Ghana?
• What is the poverty rate in Ghana?

Links checked 14 October 2026. This page describes what the source publishes and gives no verdict on any claim.