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Ghana was the world's leading producer of cocoa, boasted a well-developed infrastructure to service trade, and enjoyed a relatively advanced education system. [1] At independence, President Kwame Nkrumah sought to use the apparent stability of the Ghanaian economy as a springboard for economic diversification and expansion. [ 1 ]
The GSS is a Public Service body established under the Statistical Service Law 135 in 1985 by the PNDC. The first population census in Ghana began in 1891 as efforts were made to collect and disseminate statistical information. [3]
In August 2022, accelerating inflation and continued economic mismanagement has caused the cedi's value to drop to 10 U.S. cents (GH₵10 = US$1). [10] As of September 2022, the annual inflation rate of 37.2% as reported by the Ghana Statistical Service was the highest since 2001. [11]
The transfer rate is 1 Ghana Cedi for every 10,000 Cedis. Ghana became the largest gold-producing country in Africa after overtaking South Africa in 2019. [29] The country is also the second-largest cocoa producer (after Ivory Coast). [30] Ghana is rich in diamonds, manganese or manganese ore, bauxite, and oil. Most of its debt was cancelled in ...
World map by inflation rate (consumer prices), 2023, according to World Bank This is the list of countries by inflation rate. The list includes sovereign states and self-governing dependent territories based upon the ISO standard ISO 3166-1. Inflation rate is defined as the annual percent change in consumer prices compared with the previous year's consumer prices. Inflation is a positive value ...
Angelina Jolie balked at a question regarding whether there should be a biopic about her life.. When Jolie, 49, and her Maria director Pablo Larraín spoke with the U.K.'s The Times to promote ...
This is a list of countries by real GDP per capita growth rate. These numbers are corrected for inflation but not for purchasing power parity. [2] This list is not to be confused with gross national income per capita growth [3] or the real GDP growth.
3 October: Ghana reports its first case of mpox this year. [2]14 October: A bus falls into a ditch in Kwapia, Ashanti Region, killing 13 people. [3]18 October: Parliament speaker Alban Bagbin declares four seats held by MPs who switched parties vacant, effectively giving the opposition National Democratic Congress a majority in the legislature. [4]