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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1963
0.00114025 1964
0.00144178 1965
0.00163264 1966
0.00149513 1967
0.00161317 1968
0.00173121 1969
0.00178367 1970
0.00195417 1971
0.0021509 1972
0.00253124 1973
0.00299027 1974
0.0038821 1975
0.00605923 1976
0.01311521 1977
0.02270134 1978
0.03506025 1979
0.05261496 1980
0.11391329 1981
0.1393109 1982
0.31048849 1983
0.43364472 1984
0.47833372 1985
0.59583839 1986
0.83307184 1987
1.09431707 1988
1.37034424 1989
1.88092171 1990
2.22007897 1991
2.4433327 1992
3.05318469 1993
3.81251952 1994
6.07950287 1995
8.9101814 1996
11.39480407 1997
13.06119921 1998
13.69667851 1999
19.20834975 2000
27.18163898 2001
29.72609383 2002
38.57643771 2003
45.53668362 2004
52.56708856 2005
58.70649553 2006
65.00820724 2007
75.73107674 2008
90.30699787 2009
100 2010
108.72845937 2011
120.89119554 2012
134.99459489 2013
155.90473931 2014
182.64235455 2015
214.52191036 2016
241.06239282 2017
259.88638897 2018
278.4517371 2019
305.98306664 2020
336.49290954 2021
441.66678038 2022

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