The year-on-year Producer Price Inflation (PPI) for all goods and services rose to 1.9 percent in December 2025, according to the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS).
This represents an increase of 0.6 percentage points compared to the 1.3 percent recorded in November 2025. However, it is significantly lower—by 24.2 percentage points—than the rate recorded in December 2024.
On a month-on-month basis, producer inflation fell by 0.8 percent between November and December 2025, meaning that, on average, prices charged by producers declined in December compared to the previous month.
Data from the GSS showed that the Mining and Quarrying sector, which carries the highest weight in the PPI basket at 43.7 percent, recorded an increase in inflation from 2.3 percent in November to 3.3 percent in December 2025, representing a rise of 1.0 percentage point.
In contrast, the Manufacturing sector, which accounts for 35 percent of the PPI weights, saw its inflation rate fall from 0.5 percent in November to 0.1 percent in December 2025, a drop of 0.4 percentage points.
The Transport and Storage sub-sector also continued its downward trend, with producer inflation improving from -10.2 percent in November to -3.7 percent in December 2025.
GSS Recommendations
The Ghana Statistical Service advised households and consumers to adopt value-based and price-conscious spending habits, using PPI trends to guide their purchasing decisions. It also encouraged consumers to shift their consumption toward goods and services with more stable prices in order to protect their real incomes.
For businesses, the GSS called for improved cost efficiency and productivity to sustain operations amid mixed price pressures across sectors. It further recommended that savings from lower input costs—especially in manufacturing—should be reinvested into technology, skills development, and supply-chain resilience.
For government, the GSS urged a reduction in structural production costs by strengthening energy supply, transport infrastructure, and logistics systems to support long-term price stability and production efficiency.
Source: joynews
