While inflation remains subdued across Ghana, three regions are experiencing something more unusual: average prices are falling. Data from the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) show that Western, Bono East and Savannah recorded negative inflation for a second consecutive month in August 2026, meaning the average prices of goods and services were lower than they were during the same month a year earlier.
Bono East recorded the sharpest decline, with prices falling 3.3% in August after a 3.8% drop in July. In the Western Region, prices declined 2.2%, following a 1.5% decrease the previous month.
Savannah also remained in negative territory, recording a marginal 0.04% decline in August after prices fell 1.4% in July.
The figures indicate that, on average, the cost of the basket of goods and services used to measure inflation was lower in the three regions than it was in August 2025.
Negative inflation does not mean that every item sold in markets and shops became cheaper. Rather, it means that price declines across the broader basket of goods and services outweighed increases in other items.
The data also represent year-on-year changes, rather than month-to-month movements. In other words, the negative inflation recorded in August compares prices with those prevailing in August 2025.
The GSS did not specify the factors behind the declines in the three regions. Still, the consecutive months of negative inflation point to easing price pressures for consumers in Western, Bono East and Savannah, even as prices continue to rise in other parts of the country.
