Ghana - Consumer Price Index - CPI May 2016

CPI Ghana May of 2016

Ghana: CPI goes up in May of 2016

The annual variation rate of the CPI in Ghana in May of 2016 was 18.9%, 2 tenths higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 1.1%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2016 is 9.9%

We must highlight the increase of 1.6% in the prices of Education, until its interannual rate reached 32.3%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels of 0.6%, and an interannual variation of 35.7%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI Ghana May 2016

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	18.9%	9.9%	1.1%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	8.5%		1.3%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	16.0%		1.2%
Clothing and footwear [+]	22.8%		1.3%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	35.7%		0.6%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	21.8%		1.4%
Health [+]	13.9%		0.7%
Transport [+]	40.9%		1.1%
Communication [+]	13.3%		0.7%
Recreation and culture [+]	27.9%		1.1%
Education [+]	32.3%		1.6%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	14.4%		1.4%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	15.4%		0.9%
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Ghana: CPI annual

	2015	2014
CPI (overall index) [+]	17.7%	17.0%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	8.0%	6.8%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	19.2%	17.4%
Clothing and footwear [+]	24.1%	20.8%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	24.3%	35.2%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	25.8%	16.5%
Health [+]	14.7%	19.4%
Transport [+]	27.0%	30.9%
Communication [+]	14.0%	12.8%
Recreation and culture [+]	26.9%	22.8%
Education [+]	26.8%	14.3%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	18.9%	13.6%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	-95.0%	16.0%