GSS to Produce Regional and District GDP Figures from 2026
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced plans to commence the production of regional and district-level economic growth figures beginning in 2026.
According to the Service, the exercise will follow the completion of the ongoing rebasing of Ghana’s economy — a process that recalibrates national accounts to reflect new economic structures and emerging data sources for improved modeling of key indicators such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and inflation.
Addressing participants at the Africa Business Conversation, a thought-leadership series organized by AB and David, Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, stated that the rebasing exercise will create the foundation for granular economic data reporting.
“We are very mindful of regional and district data. We are currently embarking on a GDP rebasing exercise, and we believe that when we complete that exercise it will provide the opportunity to possibly report GDP at the regional level,” he said.
“Rebasing has started and we should be done by next year,” he added.
Dr. Iddrisu also revealed that the Service is undertaking reforms aimed at strengthening Ghana’s statistical ecosystem, including a review of the Statistical Service Act, 2019 (Act 1003).
“One of the things we need to actually do to put us in a position to improve our services is to ensure we look at the review of our laws. This will give us the power to ensure that we get data from institutions that need to share data,” he explained.
The review, he added, will promote sustainable data collection and position the GSS as a world-class data institution.
Meanwhile, Senior Partner at AB and David, David Ofosu-Dorte, urged Ghanaian businesses to leverage data provided by the GSS for strategic decision-making and business growth.
“We must give credit to the GSS. There is a lot of what they publish which businesses ought to pay attention to. It turns out that they have quite a lot of data that either businesses are not aware of or have failed to highlight in their presentations. Some of these data can be used by businesses in their corporate strategy,” he stated.
Also contributing to the discussion, Professor Godfred Bokpin of the University of Ghana Business School emphasized the need for academia to align curricula with industry demands and make greater use of official data in research and teaching.
“Just like the AB and David Crystal Ball, the Africa Business Conversation seeks to bring together business leaders, strategists, and policymakers to discuss pertinent issues affecting businesses and the economy as a whole,” Prof. Bokpin added.
