Tag: GSS
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Partial lock-down takes April inflation to 10.6 percent as food prices shot up
New data released by the Ghana Statistical Service shows that prices of foodstuff went up during the three-week partial lock-down in April, which was implemented as a measure to curtail the spread of COVID-19. The food component of the country’s inflation for April increased by 8 percent more than the non-food component, pushing the rate…
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Ghana records 2nd highest GDP growth of 6.5% in 2019 after rebasing economy
Ghana’s economy grew by an estimated 6.5% for 2019. This is the second highest figure recorded after the economy was rebased in 2017. The country’s economy grew by 8.1% and 6.3% in 2017 and 2018 respectively. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, the total value of all goods and services for last year also reached…
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GSS, Vodafone and Flowminder acquire data on movement of people during COVID-19 lockdown
The Ghana Statistical Service, (GSS) Vodafone Ghana, and the Flowminder Foundation, are using innovative data science techniques to support the government’s response against COVID-19. The long-standing Data For Good partnership by the three organizations, has enabled the production of rapid mobility estimates using anonymised and aggregated mobile phone data to support the government’s interventions against…
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GSS partners Vodafone & Flowminder to produce reliable data for sustainable development
The Ghana Statistical Service, Vodafone Ghana and the Flowminder Foundation, an NGO that provides insights, tools and capacity-strengthening to governments, international agencies and NGOs, have embarked on a partnership to produce official statistics using identified telecommunications data to strengthen humanitarian and development decision-making in the country. Under the partnership, some staff of the statistical agency…
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Inflation for August 2019 records 7.8% after rebasing
The inflation rate for August 2019 recorded 7.8 percent, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced. The figure was recorded after the GSS rebased the reference period to 2018 from 2012. This means that the Ghana Statistical Service has changed the reference period for calculating the inflation rate to 2018 from the previous 2012. In…
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Ghana’s economy records 6.7 percent growth in 2019 first quarter
Provisional figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) shows that Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product(GDP) grew by 6.7 percent in the first quarter of 2019. This is compared to the same period in 2018 which was at 5.4 percent. Speaking at a press conference, the Government Statistician, Professor Samuel Kobina Annim pointed out that the…
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Producer Price Inflation drops to 6.5% in November
The Producer Price Inflation for November this year, reduced to 6.5 percent. The drop represents a 0.7 percentage point decrease relative to the 7.2 percent recorded in October. The Producer Price Inflation measures the average change over time in prices for the production of goods and services. The Acting Government Statistician, Baah Wadieh attributed the…
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GDP reaches 5.4% in 2018 second quarter
Provisional figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service show that Ghana’s Gross Domestic Product which is the total value of all goods and services produced within the second quarter of this year, grew by 5.4 percent. This compares with the 11.1 percent recorded for same period last year. For the second quarter of this year,…
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Producer Price Inflation drops again to 3.7% in March
Ghana’s Producer Price Inflation (PPI) has dropped for the third time in a row to 3.7 percent as at March 2018. The PPI measures the average change over time in the general prices received by domestic producers for the production of goods and/or provision of services. Comparing the March figure to that of February, the…
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Agric’s contribution to GDP records eighth decline in a row
Despite plans by the current administration to revamp the agricultural sector and make it the leader of Ghana’s economy, the sector has rather seen a decline in its contribution to GDP for yet another time. At least this is according to the 2017 figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service. The percentage of its contribution…