Ghana's inflation rises to 5.2 per cent as services prices stay high

18 October 2026

Ghana's inflation rate increased to 5.2 per cent in September 2026, from 5.0 per cent in August. The rise reversed the downward trend recorded in previous months. Prices in the services sector remained high. The World Bank's Ghana overview records that inflation had fallen to record single-digit lows and was contained at 5 per cent in August 2026. The same overview records that Ghanaian inflation had peaked at 54 per cent in 2022.