Ghana | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
63
Source
Ghana | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
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1961
1962
1963
1964 0.00114025
1965 0.00144178
1966 0.00163264
1967 0.00149513
1968 0.00161317
1969 0.00173121
1970 0.00178367
1971 0.00195417
1972 0.0021509
1973 0.00253124
1974 0.00299027
1975 0.0038821
1976 0.00605923
1977 0.01311521
1978 0.02270134
1979 0.03506025
1980 0.05261496
1981 0.11391329
1982 0.1393109
1983 0.31048849
1984 0.43364472
1985 0.47833372
1986 0.59583839
1987 0.83307184
1988 1.09431707
1989 1.37034424
1990 1.88092171
1991 2.22007897
1992 2.4433327
1993 3.05318469
1994 3.81251952
1995 6.07950287
1996 8.9101814
1997 11.39480407
1998 13.06119921
1999 13.69667851
2000 19.20834975
2001 27.18163898
2002 29.72609383
2003 38.57643771
2004 45.53668362
2005 52.56708856
2006 58.70649553
2007 65.00820724
2008 75.73107674
2009 90.30699787
2010 100
2011 108.72845937
2012 120.89119554
2013 134.99459489
2014 155.90473931
2015 182.64235455
2016 214.52191036
2017 241.06239282
2018 259.88638897
2019 278.4517371
2020 305.98306664
2021 336.49290954
2022 441.66678038
Ghana | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Republic of Ghana
Records
63
Source