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31 Jan

2 Out Of 10 Married Men Had Two Or More Sexual Partners In 2022 – GSS Report

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A survey conducted by the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey of the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed that two out of ten married men had two or more sexual partners in 2022. Out of the 7,044 men interviewed for the survey, the report revealed that 15 percent of men aged 15–49 had two or more sexual partners in the last 12 months, and 35 percent had sexual intercourse in the last 12 months with a person who was neither their wife nor lived with them. Of the 35 percent of married men who had sexual intercourse with partners who were…

22 Nov

Producer Price Inflation Falls To 9.6%

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The Producer Price Index (PPI) for October 2023 fell to 9.6%, data from the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed. This represents a 15.5 percentage point decrease relative to the rate recorded in September 2023 (25.1%). However, the month-on-month change in the PPI between September 2023 and October 2023 was 1.1%. According to the data from the GSS, the producer price inflation in the industry less construction sector decreased to 9.0% in October 2023 from 26.4% in September 2023. The rate in the construction sector decreased to 44.0% in October 2023 from 48.9% in September 2023. In the Services sector, the…

17 Aug

GSS to Conduct Census Of Formal And Informal Businesses

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To enhance decision-making for businesses to thrive, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced that it will conduct a comprehensive census of informal and formal businesses across the country. The exercise according to the Service will be conducted in two phases with the initial one to be held in mid-October 2023 and the second phase in 2024. The Service added that the census which will also include not-for-profit businesses will be an improvement of economic censuses held since 1962. Speaking at the Ghana 2023 Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES I) Stakeholders Consultative Meeting, the Government Statistician, Prof. Samuel Kobina Annim…

10 May

Inflation Falls To 41.2% In April 2023

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Year-on-year inflation fell for the 4th month running to 41.2% in April 2023, from 45% in March 2023, extending the disinflation process since January 2023. According to the Ghana Statistical Service, both food inflation and non-food inflation dipped last month. This slump in inflation could compel the Bank of Ghana to keep its policy rate unchanged at 29.5% when the Monetary Policy Committee begins its 112th Meeting on May 17, 2023. However, the cost of credit still remains expensive as average lending rates hover around 35%. According to the figures, food inflation went down to 48.7% in April 2023, from 50.8%…

04 May

About 1.76m Persons Unemployed In Quarter 3, 2022 – GSS

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About 1.76 million persons were unemployed in the third quarter of 2022, the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed in its Quarterly Labour Statistics Report. Within this population, two out of every three unemployed persons were females. Across the three quarters, about 157,000 persons experienced an unemployment spell that is they were unemployed in all the quarters. The report further said close to 7.5 million persons remained employed throughout the three quarters out of the about 11 million persons employed in each quarter. This indicates that across the three quarters about 3.5 million persons were moving in and out of employment…

19 Apr

Economy Expands By 3.1% In 2022 – GSS

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Provisional estimates from the Ghana Statistical Service indicates that Ghana’s economy expanded by 3.1% in 2022, 0.6% lower than 3.7% forecast by the government. This is below Ghana’s average Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of 5.0% pre-Covid-19. It beat most analysts forecast as the African Development Bank in January 2023 had projected that Ghana’s economy grew by 3.6% in 2022. In 2021, post Covid-19, the economy grew by 0.9%. According to the GSS, Industry recorded a GDP growth rate of 0.9%. But the Manufacturing sub-sector (-2.5%), Electricity (-3.3%), Water and Sewerage (-4.9%) and Construction (-4.0%) sub-sectors contracted. In that…

16 Mar

February 2023 Inflation Slows To 52.8% To Sustain Downward Trend

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Year-on-year Inflation for the month of February 2023 slowed down to 52.8%, the Ghana Statistical Service has pointed out. This is a reduction from the January 2023 estimate of 53.6%, which was influenced by the fall in inflation of transportation and other non-food items. This is the second consecutive time that the rate has dropped in 20 months. In January 2023, inflation fell marginally to 53.6%, from 54.1% recorded in December 2022. Five divisions recorded inflation rates higher than the national average. They are Transport (70.3%); Furnishings, Household Equipment (69.8%); Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels (69.6%); Personal care,…

09 Mar

Number Of Ghanaians Seeking Greener Pastures Shoot Up; 53.7% Emigrants Originates From Greater Accra – GSS

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The latest thematic report on Migration by the Ghana Statistical Service has revealed an increase in the number of Ghanaians who have travelled and settled outside the country between 2010 and 2021. The emigrants’ population, according to the report, peaks at 25 to 39. Children under the age of 15 and aged 65+ constitute 4.0% of the emigrant population. More than half (53.7%)of emigrants originates from Greater Accra (26.9%)and Ashanti (26.8%)regions. Most emigrants come from rural areas with exception of Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western Regions. Again, most of the emigrants had their destinations in Europe, the Americas (North, South…

19 Jan

Producer Inflation Falls To 52.2% In December 2022

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The year-on-year inflation rate at factory gate prices for all goods and services fell to 52.2 % in December 2022, from 78.1% recorded in November 2022, data from the Ghana Statistical Services has revealed. The monthly change rate was -13.3%, indicating the rate of inflation slowed down during the month under review. This Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for December 2023 is however not too different from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of 54.1% for the same period. Perhaps, this could signal a probable fall in the Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) in January 2023. The PPI in the Industry less construction…

21 Dec

Economy Slows Down In Quarter 3, 2022; Expands By 2.9% – GSS

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Ghana’s economy grew at the slowest pace in two years in the third quarter of 2021, data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has revealed. According to the GSS, the country’s economy expanded at 2.9% in the third quarter of 2022. This is lower than the 4.7% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) recorded in the second quarter of 2022. The slow growth in industry (0.9%) impacted heavily on the overall growth rate. Agriculture however recorded the highest GDP of 4.6%, whilst the services sector registered a growth rate of 3.9%. Nine sub-sectors contracted in quarter three of 2022. These are Professional,…