FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Ghana
Annual change in food prices in Ghana in June 2026: +3.9%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+3.9%food price inflation, year on year
+5.3%overall inflation, same month
474.8food price index (2015 = 100)
+186.2%change in food prices over five years
+76.8%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (February 2001)
Food and overall inflation over ten years
Year-on-year change, month by month
- Food
- All items
- World median, food
A positive gap means food prices rose faster than prices overall.
Year by year
Average of the monthly year-on-year changes
| Year | Food | All items | Gap (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +3.0% | +3.8% | -0.8 |
| 2025 | +12.0% | +14.7% | -2.7 |
| 2024 | +24.7% | +22.9% | +1.8 |
| 2023 | +48.9% | +39.0% | +9.9 |
| 2022 | +33.7% | +30.9% | +2.9 |
| 2021 | +10.3% | +10.0% | +0.3 |
| 2020 | +11.1% | +9.9% | +1.2 |
| 2019 | +7.5% | +7.1% | +0.4 |
| 2018 | +7.8% | +7.8% | 0.0 |
| 2017 | +7.3% | +12.4% | -5.1 |
| 2016 | +8.6% | +17.5% | -8.9 |
| 2015 | +7.5% | +17.1% | -9.6 |
| 2014 | +6.8% | +15.5% | -8.7 |
| 2013 | +7.3% | +11.7% | -4.4 |
| 2012 | +2.4% | +11.2% | -8.8 |
| 2011 | +4.0% | +8.7% | -4.7 |
| 2010 | +6.1% | +10.8% | -4.7 |
| 2009 | +15.8% | +19.3% | -3.5 |
| 2008 | +15.1% | +16.5% | -1.4 |
| 2007 | +9.5% | +10.7% | -1.3 |
| 2006 | +9.9% | +11.7% | -1.8 |
| 2005 | +13.6% | +15.5% | -1.9 |
| 2004 | +18.1% | +18.2% | -0.1 |
| 2003 | +28.2% | +29.8% | -1.5 |
| 2002 | +6.1% | +9.5% | -3.4 |
| 2001 | +46.6% | +43.5% | +3.1 |
Source: FAOSTAT, Consumer Price Indices (FAO), CC BY 4.0, update of 20 October 2026 · Shelfpedia calculations: overall inflation, yearly averages, gap, five-year change.
FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Consumer Price Indices. Accessed on 24 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CP Licence: CC-BY-4.0.