Technical Manual

Technical Methodological Manual for the

Computa on of the Consumer Price Index
(CPI)

September 2020
This manual was authored by John Foster Agyaho (Head Price Stas s cs at the Ghana Sta s cal
Service), Josephine Baako Amponsah (Research Assistant at University of Cape Coast) and Laurent
Sebas aan Michgel Smeets (ODI Fellow at the Ghana Sta s cal Service).

This manual was edited by Professor Samuel Kobina Annim (Government Sta s cian of Ghana).

Other contributors to this manual include Sophie Elfar (United Kingdom Office for Na onal Sta s-
cs), William Godfred Cantah (University of Cape Coast), Sta s cs Denmark, and the Interna onal
Monetary Fund (IMF).

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This is the 2020 version of the Ghana Sta s cal Service (GSS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) tech-
nical manual. This technical manual is a reference tool for anyone who wishes to understand
how CPI and associated infla on sta s cs are calculated. It covers the concepts underpinning
the index, the sta s cal methodology used, price data collec on and valida on, calcula on of
weights and publica on and usage of the different indices.

Contents
List of Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

List of Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

List of tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1 Explana on of CPI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 Uses of CPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 History of the CPI in Ghana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 Cost of Living Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.5 Scope and Coverage of CPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Classi ication of Product Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.1 COICOP Classifica on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 COICOP Coverage in Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.1 Goods That are Included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.2 Goods That are Excluded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.2.3 Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

3 Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1 Item Weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1.1 GLSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

4 Construction of Ghana Consumer Price Indices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

4.1 Elementary Aggregates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.1.1 Reasons for using the Jevons Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1.2 Disadvantages Jevons Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 Higher-level Indices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.3 Numerical example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.4 Contribu on to Infla on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

5 Selection of Outlets and Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

5.1 Selec on of Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.2 Selec on of Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.3 Selec on of Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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6 Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.1 Timing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.2 Seasonality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.3 Inclusion Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

7 Data Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

8 Principles and Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

8.1 Quan ty Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.2 Quality Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.3 New Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.4 Missing Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.5 Foreign Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.6 Discounts, Taxes, and Subsidies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
8.7 Rounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

9 CPI Disaggregation and Dissemination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

9.1 Disaggrega on by Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
9.2 Disaggrega on by COICOP Divisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9.3 Disaggrega on by Rural vs. Urban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
9.4 Disaggrega on by Local vs. Imported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

10 Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

11 Rebasing, Chain-linking and Back Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

11.1 Rebasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
11.2 Back Cast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

12 Challenges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

A Summary tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

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List of Abbreviations
BoG Bank of Ghana
COICOP Classifica on of Individual Consump on According to Purpose
COLI Cost of Living Index
CPI Consumer Price Index
GLSS7 Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 7
GLSS8 Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 8
GSS Ghana Sta s cal Service
FAO Food and Agriculture Organiza on of the United Na ons

List of Figures
3.1 Visual representa on of the 307 CPI Item weights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2 Visual representa on of the COICOP classifica on system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3 Weights of COICOP Divisions per region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4 Standardized COICOP Divisions weights per region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5 rela ve weights of Divisions per region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.1 Lowe Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.2 Lowe Index for Current CPI in Ghana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 Contribu ons to infla on August 2019 to April 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5.1 Map of loca ons 44 different markets, using the 10 old regions of Ghana . . . . . . . . 25
9.1 Example of disaggrega on by begion using a chloropleth map (April 2020) . . . . . . . 32
11.1 Back cast plot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

List of Tables
1.1 Example of CPI conversion from January = 100 to year = 100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.1 Numerical example infla on calcula on 1/3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.2 Numerical example infla on calcula on 2/3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.3 Numerical example infla on calcula on 3/3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
11.1 Example of CPI rebasing with a full year (2018) as reference period . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
A.1 Summary table of products in the CPI basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
A.3 Summary table regional weight for the Itemsl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
A.5 44 markets by Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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1 Introduction
1.1 Explanation of CPI

Everything purchased by households has a price. Over me, these prices change. The Consumer
Price Index (CPI) sta s cs are designed to measure the extent of these changes. The CPI is a com-
prehensive measure of the propor onate changes in the prices of a fixed basket of goods and
services that households consume, using an index number. An index number is a means of sum-
marising, in a single number, the change which has taken place in a large range of data. Any index
number has at least two fundamental proper es:

– Since it measures change over me, there has to be a base period against which all subsequent
periods are measured. The index value for this base me is usually set to 100. This base period
provides the basis to compare rates of price changes over me. Index numbers below 100
mean that, compared to the reference period, the index went down, and for values above 100,
the index went up in rela ve terms.
– As it is a ra o, it does not measure actual values, only changes in values. Thus, it has no unit
of measurement.

This last point means that the CPI of one country cannot directly be compared to the CPI of another
country. Only the changes in CPI between two points in me can be compared. Similarly, index
numbers on their own do not reflect prices. For instance, if the index (with the same base period)
for rice is 132.8 and the index for yam is 110.5, it does not necessarily mean that rice is more
expensive than yam. It simply means that the price of rice has risen rela vely more than the price
of yam.

The CPI as presented by Ghana Sta s cal Service (GSS) is a fixed basket price index. This fixed
basket contains many different goods (food, clothing, electricity, etc) and services (such as rent
and university fees) that the average Ghanaian household consumes. As the prices of goods in
this basket change, so does the price of the whole basket. As the basket contains only goods of
unchanging or equivalent quan ty and quality, the index reflects pure price movements.

In prac ce, no two consumers spend their money in the same way and everyone has their own
basket of goods. This means that everyone has their own CPI and corresponding infla on rate.
For example, someone who does not drink alcohol is less affected by the rise of beer prices; so
an increase in the price of a bo le of beer, might not affect this person’s infla on. GSS publishes
average infla on, based on the basket of goods that is representa ve of all households in Ghana.
Every month, GSS monitors how much it costs to buy this basket of goods and, using a system of
weigh ng and aggrega ng, calculates a na onal price index for that month. The rela ve change in
this price index between two me periods, for example, between January 2019 and January 2020,
is the infla on (or defla on if the change is nega ve).

To get an index and not actual prices, a base period is set to 100. Subsequent periods are compared
to this reference period. Instead of taking a single month as the reference period, which is the first
month for which prices are collected (usually January and for this index, January 2018), the average
over mul ple periods to set a price reference period can be used.

1. First, a number of indices must be calculated, star ng with 100 for the first period.

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 2. Second, the mean over these indices must be found.
3. Third, all indices must be divided with this mean.

The result of these steps creates a new index for which a longer period (for example, a full year),
which can be averaged to have an index of 100. This procedure is further summarized in Table 1.1.
During the latest CPI rebasing in 2019, GSS set the full year 2018 as the price reference period.
This means that there is not a single month serving as a reference, but that the CPI of 2018 on
average equals 100.

Because the prices of different goods do not necessarily change at the same rate, a price index can
only reflect their average movement. GSS publishes year-to-year infla on indices, which means
that the infla on for September is calculated as the rela ve change in CPI between September
2019 with the CPI of September 2018, for example:

𝐶𝑃𝐼Sept 2019 − 𝐶𝑃𝐼Sept 2018 108.6 − 100.9

Infla on September = = = 7.6% (1)
𝐶𝑃𝐼Sept 2018 100.9

A more elaborate numerical example is presented in Sec on 4.3. As CPI measure changes in the
cost of a representa ve basket of goods and services, not all individual goods in the basket are
equally important in calcula ng the CPI and consumer infla on. GSS weighs together aggregated
prices of different goods and services to more appropriately represent the expenditure’s share
within household budgets. For instance, as most people spend significantly more on rice than on
carpets, a price rise for rice must have a greater effect on overall CPI than a similar-sized increase
for carpets. More informa on on the weights can be found in Sec on 3.

Table 1.1 Example of CPI conversion from January = 100 to year = 100.
Month January = 100 Year = 100
January 100 = ⋅ 100 = 94.8
.
February 101 ⋅ 100 = 95.7
.
March 102 96.7
April 103 97.6
May 104 98.6
June 105 99.5
July 106 100.5
August 107 101.4
September 108 102.4
October 109 103.3
November 110 104.3
December 111 105.2
average 105.5 100.0

1.2 Uses of CPI

GSS is the producer of the CPI and has many users of the CPI sta s c. Some of the uses of the CPI
include, but are not limited to, are the following:

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 – The CPI is the main indicator measuring infla on in the economy. Consequently, it is used
to guarantee that macroeconomic policy is based on comprehensive and up-to-date price in-
forma on. The Government of Ghana, Bank of Ghana (BoG), interna onal organisa ons and
businesses use CPI to gauge levels of infla on in the country. CPI is used as a macroeconomic
indicator tool by the Government of Ghana and the BoG for infla on targe ng, monitoring
price stability and for defla ng na onal accounts aggregates. For example, the BoG currently
maintains a medium-term infla on target of 8 ±2 per cent.1)
– The CPI is regularly and widely reported on by the news media, and it is the standard measure
of infla on used by most Ghanaians.
– In addi on, the CPI informs the prices of goods and services delivered by the Government.
Furthermore, the CPI is used to monitor and evaluate the Government’s economic policy, to
adjust the amount of some government benefits, and to assess individual building contracts.

1.3 History of the CPI in Ghana

The compila on of the CPI in Ghana started in 1957 for the Greater Accra Region, the capital city
of the country. The index was rebased in 1963 with March 1963 as the reference period. The rest
of the country was included in the index at this rebasing (See Sec on 11.1 on more informa on
on rebasing). The second rebasing was referenced to January 1977, with the third undertaken 20
years later, in September 1997. The next rebasing, with 2002 as the reference year, was unique
in that it was not indexed to a par cular month within the year, but the averages for the en re
year. This was followed by another rebasing with 2012 as the reference period. Most recently, the
index was rebased in 2019, with base year of 2018 and weights based on the Ghana Living Standard
Surveys 7 (GLSS7) from 2016/2017. More informa on on the GLSS7 can be found in Sec on 3.1.1.

1.4 Cost of Living Index

The CPI is not designed to be a Cost of Living Index (COLI). Both CPI and COLI measure the changes
in prices of goods and services that are purchased by households. However, CPI measures the
changes in the price of a fixed basket of goods and services, whereas a COLI measures the change
in the minimum expenditure needed to maintain a certain standard of living. The CPI and COLI
compares different baskets needed for the same u lity level. Unlike a CPI, COLI takes into account
the subs tu ons consumers make when faced with rela ve price changes among goods and ser-
vices, as well as across outlets and suppliers. The CPI does not measure the changes in the cost
of living that result from significant life cycle progression, which is an objec ve of the COLI. For in-
stance, the expenditure pa ern of households comprising of younger individuals may differ from
that of older households. Whereas the former may be spending more on housing, educa on and
skill acquisi on, the la er’s expenditure may largely comprise of medical services. Thus, COLI takes
into account expenditure pa erns that improve welfare as one progresses in life. Changes in the
demographic make-up of the en re popula on and expenditure pa erns are only incorporated in
the CPI every me the weights are updated.

1) Bank of Ghana. Monetary Policy Framework. : https://www.bog.gov.gh/monetary-policy/our-monetary-

policy-framework.

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1.5 Scope and Coverage of CPI

The scope of an index is all transac ons that one would ideally want to measure and coverage all
those transac ons within the scope that are possible to iden fy and measure in prac ce. The CPI
does not purport to measure the average movement of prices for all products bought and sold in
Ghana. Rather, the scope is limited to the prices of goods and services purchased by households
(consumers) and not businesses. This means that the scope is all the transac ons by households
living in Ghana and the coverage all of the transac ons that can be iden fied and measured in
prac ce. The coverage is determined by the expenditure categories for which weights could be
compiled (Sec on 2.2).

GSS aims at approxima ng the ‘domes c’ defini on of consump on. This means that all con-
sump on within the geographical boundaries of Ghana should be included, regardless of whether
the consump on was made by Ghanaian households or not. Expenditure by Ghanaians outside
of Ghana is excluded. Addi onally, the purchases of some households fall outside of the scope.
These excep ons include soldiers on military bases, imprisoned persons and people in permanent
care facili es. Foreign diplomats living in Ghana are also excluded from the scope. Expenditure
by tourists in Ghana are included in the scope, but in prac ce are excluded from the index; thus
the full defini on of ‘domes c’ consump on is not met. Their consump on is not captured in the
GLSS and can therefore not be included in the composi on of the CPI basket.

2 Classi ication of Product Groups

To get a perfect CPI es mate, it would be necessary to count how much every household included
in the coverage in Ghana, spends every month on different products and services. Unfortunately,
this is impossible. So instead, GSS makes use of a sample of products that are ‘representa ve’ for
Ghana. This sample of products cons tutes the basket GSS uses to calculate CPI.

Considering that the CPI is a basket-based price index, decisions have to make on which products
are put in the basket. This basket of products aims to capture all goods bought by households.
Products in the CPI basket do not only include products that are for sale in shops and at markets,
but also fees and services such as university fees, rent and insurance.

For both prac cal and sta s cal reasons, the overall CPI is not directly es mated from the prices
of different products. Instead, products are ordered in a hierarchical system of Divisions, Groups,
Classes, Subclasses and Items. CPIs are produced in stages, with indices derived at each stage
weighted together to produce higher-level indices. To order products into these different cate-
gories, GSS uses the United Na ons Classifica on of Individual Consump on According to Purpose
(COICOP) 2018 manual.2) This classifica on aims to be unambiguously mutually exclusive and ex-
haus ve.

2) Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Sta s cs Division. Classifica on of Individual Consump on According to
Purpose (COICOP) 2018. ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/99. United Na ons, 2018. : https://unstats.un.org/unsd/
classifications/business- trade/desc/COICOP_english/COICOP_2018_- _pre- edited_white_cover_
version_-_2018-12-26.pdf.

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2.1 COICOP Classi ication

The COICOP is a hierarchical classifica on system comprising of:

– Divisions (for example: 01; Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages)

– Groups (for example: 01.1; Food)
– Classes (for example: 01.1.6; Fruits and Nuts)
– Subclasses (for example: 01.1.6.1; Dates, Figs and Tropical Fruits, Fresh)
– Items (for example: 01.1.6.1.1; Avocados, Fresh)

In the latest COICOP, released in 2018, there are in total 15 Divisions, 63 Groups, 186 Classes,
and 338 Subclasses. The lowest level of six-digit classifica on, ‘Items’, is op onal and not part
of the latest COICOP manual. For Division 1 (Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages), the Food and
Agriculture Organiza on of the United Na ons (FAO) developed an “Op onal high detail structure
for food products,” which includes 269 six-digit codes to supplement the Subclass structure. For
other Divisions, sta s cal offices develop their own Item-level classifica ons. The 15 Divisions
dis nguished in the COICOP are

1. Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages

2. Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narco cs
3. Clothing and Footwear
4. Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels
5. Furnishings, Household Equipment and Rou ne Household Maintenance
6. Health
7. Transport
8. Informa on and communica on
9. Recrea on, Sport and Culture
10. Educa on Services
11. Restaurants and Accommoda on Services
12. Insurance and Financial Services
13. Personal Care, Social Protec on and Miscellaneous Goods and Services
14. Individual Consump on Expenditure of Non-profit Ins tu ons Serving Households (NPISHS)
15. Individual Consump on Expenditure of General Government

The COICOP system dis nguishes between four different types of Subclasses and Items: Services
(S), Non-durables (ND), Semi-durables (SD), and Durables (D). The difference between these types
can be summarized as “Most classes and subclasses comprise either goods or services. Classes and
Subclasses containing goods are denoted by ‘ND’, ‘SD’ or ‘D’ indica ng non-durable, semi-durable
or durable respec vely. ‘S’ denotes classes or subclasses consis ng of services. …The dis nc on
between non-durable and durable goods is based on whether the goods can be used only once,
or repeatedly or con nuously over a period of more than one year. Moreover, durables, such as
motor cars, refrigerators, washing machines and television sets, have a rela vely high purchasers’
price. Semi-durable goods differ from durable goods in that their expected life me of use, though
more than one year, is o en significantly shorter and their purchase prices are substan ally less.”3)

3) Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Sta s cs Division, Classifica on of Individual Consump on According to
Purpose (COICOP) 2018.

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2.2 COICOP Coverage in Ghana

2.2.1 Goods That are Included

GSS uses 13 out of the 15 Divisions as dis nguished by the COICOP manual. Division 14 and 15
are excluded because these are consump ons by non-profits and the Government and not by
households. Based on the COICOP and consump on pa erns in Ghana, GSS created 44 Groups,
98 Classes, 156 Subclasses, and 307 Item-level observa ons for which price indices are tracked.
This does not mean that only 307 products prices are collected. As further explained in Sec on
4.1, the Items are elementary aggregates, consis ng of many more price quota ons from different
Regions and levels of urbanicity. On average every month, 39,461 price quota ons are collected.

GSS makes use of the FAO’s “Op onal high detail structure for food products”, for the Food Items
(COICOP Division 1). For the other Divisions, GSS developed its own Item-level classifica on. Table
A.1 in the Appendix summarizes the Items and the corresponding COICOP codes. Figure 3.2 in
Sec on 3 gives a presenta on of the COICOP classifica on system as used by the GSS.

As explained in Sec on 2.2.2, most transac ons between households and the Government are
excluded. The one excep on to this exclusion are the goods which have a direct user fee or cost
of consump on associated with them. For example, government-owned u li es or corpora ons,
such as electricity rates or postal services, are included in the CPI.

2.2.2 Goods That are Excluded

Not everything that households spend money on is included in the CPI sta s cs. As men oned
above, rent is included as an Item in the CPI basket, as well as the maintenance (both materials
and labour services) and decora on of personal dwellings, but the purchase of a dwelling (house
or apartment) is not. This is because the purchasing of dwellings is considered a fixed investment
in capital rather than consump on. Similarly, buying stocks and bonds are considered investments
rather than consump on; thus fall outside the scope of CPI.

Second-hand goods are also not included. It is assumed that households buy second-hand goods
from other households, meaning that net expenditures (i.e. expenditures minus receipts) are zero.
Consequently, there is no weight a ached to purchases and sales from one household to another.
The only excep on to this is second-hand motorcars. They are excluded because they make up
a considerable part of the consump on of motorcars and because motorcars are usually not sold
directly from household to household, but instead via a car dealer.

Payments that do not involve any flows of goods or services in return for the direct payments are
excluded from the CPI. This means that income tax and payments to social security are excluded.
Taxes on products are included, see Sec on 8.6. Most goods and services financed through the
public taxa on system (e.g. public educa on and public health care) are considered transfers even
though they are paid for through taxa on, because a private household does not receive any spe-
cific good or service in exchange for the amount of taxes paid.

The main applica on of the CPI is the measurement of infla on. Therefore, the index is restricted
to monetary expenditures only, especially because non-monetary expenditures do not generate
any demand for money. Barter transac ons between households are also excluded, as they are
hard to consistently measure and translate into monetary value. Consump on goods and services
received by employees as remunera on from employers are also excluded. An example of this
would be end-of-year gi s of food to employees.

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 2.2.3 Housing
As further explained in Sec on 2.2.2 the buying of a house is not considered consump on, but
a capital investment. Maintenance of dwellings, the materials consumers buy to build dwellings,
and rent are included in the current CPI. GSS does not use “Imputed rentals for housing,’’ for owner
occupied-housing. An alterna ve measurement could es mate the amount households ‘save’ by
owning a dwelling instead of ren ng one, and include this number in the CPI. However, this im-
puted or es mated rentals for owner-occupied housing are not within the scope of the current
CPI, as they do not involve any monetary transac on and because es ma ng the monetary value
of housing homeowners provide to themselves would be difficult to es mate. This is especially
the case in rural areas, where comparable units for rent might be hard to find.

3 Weights
3.1 Item Weights

As the CPI measures changes in the cost of a representa ve basket of goods and services, this
means not all individual goods in the basket are equally important in calcula ng the overall CPI
and consumer infla on. At the lowest level, each elementary aggregate (Sec on 4.1) receives a
weight equal to the ra o of total expenditure on that good or service to all expenditure in Ghana on
goods and services within the scope of the CPI. GSS weights together aggregated prices of different
goods and services so that each represents its appropriate share within household budgets. For
instance, as most people spend far more on rice than on carpets, a price rise for rice must have a
greater effect on overall CPI than a similar-sized increase for carpets.

The Items with the highest weights in Ghana in current CPI are Bus and Trotro Fares (07.3.2.1.2)
and Cooked Rice (01.1.9.1.3). The Items with the lowest weights are Repairs of Tables and Chairs
(05.1.2.0.1) and Cashew Nuts (01.1.6.8.2) . Similarly to the fact that not all weights are the same,
not all Divisions are equally sized (sums of Item weights within a Division). These discrepancies are
visualised in Figure 3.1. “Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages” is the largest Division and “Recre-
a on, Sport and Culture” is the smallest. In total, all Food Items have a combined weight of 43.7%
and the Non-food Items have a combined weight of 56.3% Table A.1, in the Appendix summarizes
the Items and the corresponding weights.

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 Figure 3.1 Visual representa on of the 307 CPI Item weights. The areas of rectangles are pro-
por onal to the size of different weights and the total equals to 100. There are clear differences
in the size of both Division and Item weights.

COICOP Divisions (two-digit)

Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (01) Informa on and Communica on (08)
Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narco cs (02) Recrea on, Sport and Culture (09)
Clothing and Footwear (03) Educa on Services (10)
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels (04) Restaurants and Accommoda on Services (11)
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Rou ne
Insurance and Financial Services (12)
Household Maintenance (05)
Personal care, Social Protec on and Miscellaneous
Health (06)
Goods and Services (13)
Transport (07)

The 307 weights presented in Figure 3.1 and in Table A.1, are a simplifica on of the actual weight-
ing procedure. There are not only weights at the Item-level, but also weights at the geographical
regional level. Within regions, a further dis nc on is made between urban and rural prices. These
regional stratum weights are used in the construc on of weights for the elementary aggregates
(Sec on 4.1). These weights represent the propor on of na onal average household expenditures
by category of product in each region of Ghana. From this, the percentage of expenditure in each
product category and region is calculated. This disaggrega on makes it possible to not only publish
na onal, but also regional, CPI es mates.

Items have different weights at the regional level, and within regions, at the urbanicity level (ur-
ban or rural). Every product that appears in at least one regional basket is included in the na onal
basket. This means that within the 10 regions, every Item has a maximum of 20 different weights

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(10 regions mul plied by 2 levels of urbanicity). However, in actuality, there are 4,316 different
weights used, as not every Item is collected in every region at both levels of urbanicity. For ex-
ample, prices for grapes are only collected in 3 regions (Western, Ashan , and Brong Ahafo). The
inclusion of an Item in a region depends on the regional consump on of that Item. The number
of prices collected per Item also depends on mul ple factors. This is explained further in Sec on
5.3.
Figure 3.2 Visual representa on of the COICOP classifica on system and the different levels of
aggrega on.

All Item Index (COICOP01) CPI

(01) Food and (n) Other

(02) Alcohol
Divisions (COICOP02) Non-Alcoholic COICOP
and Tobacco
Beverages Divisions

(01.2) Non-
Groups (COICOP03) (01.1) Food Alcoholic
Beverages

(01.1.6) Fruits (01.1.7) (01.1.n) Other

Classes (COICOP04)
and Nuts Vegetables Food Classes

(01.1.6.3) Stone
(01.1.6.2 ) (01.1.6.n) Other
Subclasses (COICOP05) Fruits and
Citrus Fruits Fruit Subclasses
Dome Fruits

(01.1.6.2.n)
(01.1.6.2.2) (01.1.6.2.3)
Items (COICOP06) Other cit-
Limes Oranges
rus fruits

Regions Greater Accra Ashan Region Other Regions

Limes at Urban Limes at Rural

Urbanicity (lowest level at
Markets in Markets in
which there are weights)
Greater Accra Greater Accra

2.5Kg bag of
1Kg bag of limes Other limes
limes from
from stand A at from stores in
Prices of product stand B at
urban market in an urban market
urban market in
Greater Accra in Greater Accra
Greater Accra

Another way of visualizing the weights is to examine the weights per region and Division simulta-
neously, as done in Figure 3.3. This diagram shows clearly that not all regions use similar weights
for the same goods or services. In regions where there are more households or richer households,
there is greater consump on. To adjust for the differences in consump on pa erns between re-
gions, certain regions are assigned a higher weight in the na onal CPI calcula on. For example,

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 Greater Accra, where there are more households and rela vely richer households than Volta Re-
gion, Greater Accra carries a greater weight in the CPI calcula on than Volta Region. The sum of
all regions is equal to 100% in the na onal CPI calcula on.

Figure 3.3 Weights of COICOP Divisions per region

25.0%

20.0%
weight

15.0%

10.0%

5.0%

0.0%

Ashan Brong Central Eastern Greater Northern Upper Upper Volta Western
Ahafo Accra East West

COICOP Divisions (two-digit)

Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (01) Informa on and Communica on (08)
Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narco cs (02) Recrea on, Sport and Culture (09)
Clothing and Footwear (03) Educa on Services (10)
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels (04) Restaurants and Accommoda on Services (11)
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Rou ne
Insurance and Financial Services (12)
Household Maintenance (05)
Personal care, Social Protec on and Miscellaneous
Health (06)
Goods and Services (13)
Transport (07)

In addi on, households in different regions have different consump on pa erns and thus, goods
and services are weighted differently between regions. Weights are based on regional consump-
on pa erns, as recorded in the GLSS7 and are therefore not the same across all regions. Figure
3.4, shows the standardized version of Figure 3.3. In this standardized chart, the sum of each
weight is equal to 100% for every region, instead of a 100% na onally. This illustrates the dif-
ferent distribu ons of Division weights per region. For example, Transport has a rela vely large
weight in Greater Accra, but a rela vely low weight in the Upper West Region, since households
spend more on average on Transport in Greater Accra than in Upper West Region. Similarly, the
Division Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narco cs, has a rela vely large weight in the Upper East
Region, but a low weight in the Ashan Region, due to the differences in consump on pa erns.

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 In CPI terms, these different weights and the fact that not all Items are collected in every region,
mean that different regional CPIs are based on different baskets of goods, since no region has an
iden cal collec on of Items as another. Regional CPIs are not based on a single na onal basket
of goods, but on different baskets of goods representa ve for households in the different regions.
This is import to consider when comparing the regional CPIs.

Figure 3.4 Standardized COICOP Divisions weights per region

100%

75%
weight

50%

25%

0%

Ashan Brong Central Eastern Greater Northern Upper Upper Volta Western
Ahafo Accra East West

COICOP Divisions (two-digit)

Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (01) Informa on and Communica on (08)
Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narco cs (02) Recrea on, Sport and Culture (09)
Clothing and Footwear (03) Educa on Services (10)
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels (04) Restaurants and Accommoda on Services (11)
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Rou ne
Insurance and Financial Services (12)
Household Maintenance (05)
Personal care, Social Protec on and Miscellaneous
Health (06)
Goods and Services (13)
Transport (07)

GSS regularly releases separate index numbers of the 13 different Divisions. It is also possible to
express rela ve weights of Divisions per region, as Figure 3.5 shows. This Figure shows the rela ve
standardized weights of the 13 Divisions, split by region. As Greater Accra and Ashan are the two
regions with most the consump on, they are also the two regions with the largest rela ve weights
in the na onal CPI calcula on. However, the rela ve shares of the regions are not the same for all
Divisions. For example, the difference between ‘Informa on and communica on’ and ‘Insurance
and Financial Services’ for the Ashan Region.

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 Figure 3.5 Rela ve weights of Divisions per region

Food and Non-Alcoholic

Beverages (01)
Alcoholic Beverages,
Tobacco and Narco cs
(02)
Clothing and Footwear
(03)
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and
Other Fuels (04)
Furnishings, Household Equipment and
COICOP Divisions (two-digit)

Rou ne Household Maintenance (05)

Health (06)

Transport (07)

Informa on and
Communica on (08)
Recrea on, Sport and
Culture (09)

Educa on Services (10)

Restaurants and
Accommoda on Services
(11)
Insurance and Financial
Services (12)
Personal care, Social Protec on and
Miscellaneous Goods and Services (13)

100%
25%

50%

75%
0%

weight

Ashan Eastern Upper East Western

Brong Ahafo Greater Accra Upper West
Central Northern Volta

The Item weights are calculated based on GLSS7 from 2016/2017, a na onally representa ve
household survey conducted by GSS. These weights are expressed in terms of rela ve expendi-
ture shares of Items in the different regions and the two levels of urbanicity. Since consump on
pa erns change, new products are developed and the economy changes, weights must be up-
dated frequently. As a rule, rebasing of the weights should be done at least five years intervals, in
accordance with interna onal best prac ce. Upda ng the weights ensures that the CPI provides
the best possible measure of current price changes.

3.1.1 GLSS
The GLSS is a survey of Ghanaian and non-diploma c households living in Ghana, aimed at mapping
pa erns of household consump on and expenditure, employment and living condi ons in Ghana.
For the latest round of this survey, GLSS7, around 15,000 households were surveyed from the,
then, 10 regions. The survey was spread out over 1 year (2016-2017), to include all months and

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 seasons. Households were asked to track their consump on pa erns on all goods and services
using a diary for a period of 5 weeks. During this period, they were visited by an interviewer every 5
days, unless there was no literate person in the household who could keep a diary of expenditures.
In these cases, visits occurred daily.4) The eighth round of the GLSS is scheduled to be conducted in
2021/2022. The CPI weights are constructed from aggregate household expenditures as reported
in the GLSS.

4 Construction of Ghana Consumer

Price Indices
Calcula on of CPI happens in two stages:

1. Using the raw price data, calculate the elementary aggregates.

2. Using weights, combine these elementary aggregates to higher-level indices.

4.1 Elementary Aggregates

Elementary aggregates are the primary building blocks to construct all indices at higher aggrega-
on levels. Elementary aggregates are also the lowest-level classes to which a set of fixed-quan ty
basket weights is assigned. They contain rela vely homogenous products. The intersec ons of the
307 Items and 10 Regional geographical classifica ons and the two levels of urbanicity cons tute
the elementary aggregates of the CPI, as explained in Sec on 3.1. Newspapers bought at urban
markets in Greater Accra is one example of an elementary aggregate. This aggregate might in-
clude mul ple products, such as the The Ghanaian Times, Weekly Spectator and all other brands
of newspapers sold at urban markets in Greater Accra.

It is helpful to approach the calcula on of elementary aggregates into two parts.

1. First, es mate the changes in prices of each individual product between two consecu ve me
periods. In the na onal CPI calcula on, this includes about 39,500 products.
2. Second, combine the changes of prices of each product comprising of all the products within
the same COICOP 6 classifica on within a region and with the same level of urbanicity to cal-
culate the elementary aggregate.

To calculate the elementary aggregates, GSS uses the unweighted Jevons Index. The Jevons index is
used for all elementary aggregates and is the geometric mean of price rela ves. As an unweighted
index, there are no weights assigned for each product. This means that, for example,The Ghanaian
Times, Weekly Spectator, and all other newspapers sold at urban markets in Greater Accra are
weighted equally. The Jevons Index can be expressed as:

4) For more informa on on the latest GLSS, please visit: https://statsghana.gov.gh/gssmain/fileUpload/

pressrelease/GLSS7\%20MAIN\%20REPORT\_FINAL.pdf.

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 ∏ 𝑝
,
𝐼Jevons =
∏ 𝑝
(2)

𝑝
=
𝑝

where, 𝑝 to 𝑝 are prices obtained at the reference period and 𝑝 to 𝑝 matching prices for the
same goods (given that quality and quan ty stay constant) in month 𝑡.

The 4,316 different elementary aggregates do not consist of an equal number of product price
quota ons. For example, Cashew nuts (01.1.6.8.2) only has 2 prices collected every month, while
672 different prices are collected every month for Imported rice (01.1.1.1.2).

GSS uses chained month-to-month price ra os instead of direct price ra os between two periods
(for example base and current period) to calculate the indices. When using the Jevons index, both
methods yield the same result (see Sec on 4.1.1).

4.1.1 Reasons for using the Jevons Index

Using the Jevons index to average price quota ons into elementary aggregates has mul ple ad-
vantages. The Interna onal Labour Organiza on’s CPI manual chapters 1, 9, 16, and 20 discusses
in greater detail why the Jevons index is the preferred unweighted index formula in most situa-
ons.5) In summary, the Jevons index passes the me-reversal test, which a ‘regular’ arithme c
average does not. This means that if all the price data for the two periods are interchanged, then
the resul ng CPI is equal to the reciprocal of the CPI. So if prices from in March are equal to prices
in January (with CPI equal to 100), but prices in February were higher, then the product of the
price change going from period January to February, mul plied by the price change going from
period February to March, should equal 100.

The Jevons index also allows for changes in the units of measurement test (commensurability test).
This means that the CPI does not change if the quan ty units in which the products are measured
are changed (for example, if the prices of milk are expressed per litre rather than per pint).

A Jevons index is also transi ve, meaning that the chained index (current CPI constantly calculated
from the previous month and updated) between two periods is equal to the direct index between
the same two periods.

The use of the geometric average means that the CPI provides a closer approxima on to the
COLI than would using the arithme c mean. This is because there is likely to be a significant
amount of subs tu on within an elementary aggregate, where consumers subs tute towards rel-
a ve cheaper alterna ves of the same product within an elementary aggregate.

5) Interna onal Labour Office. Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and Prac ce. Geneva: Interna onal Monetary
Fund, 2004. : https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/--- dgreports/--- stat/documents/
presentation/wcms_331153.pdf.

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 4.1.2 Disadvantages Jevons Index
The main disadvantage of the Jevons Index is the fact that it is sensi ve to extreme falls in prices.
In its most mathema cal extreme, if a single 𝑝 is equal to 0, then the whole elementary aggregate
is equal to zero. Cau on should be taken to ensure that unavailable prices are not entered as 0,
and that missing data are carefully imputed. More on imputa on in Sec on 8.4.

4.2 Higher-level Indices

A er calcula ng the indices for the different elementary aggregates, these indices need to be
combined into higher-level indices. The consumer price indices that GSS publishes are Lowe-type
indices. This index is a fixed-basket, where the quan es (the goods in the basket) are taken at
a different me point than the prices of those goods. Most commonly this happens before the
base period. The Lowe Index is therefore called a Laspeyres-like Index. Both indices are calculated
similarly; but to be a true Laspeyres index, the period that provides the expenditure weights must
coincide with the reference period for the prices. This coinciding of expenditure weights and ref-
erence period for the prices is rarely feasible in the calcula ons of CPI, because weights must be
based on some expenditure survey held prior to the rebasing of the CPI. The Lowe index can be
expressed as:

,
𝑝 𝑝 𝑞
𝐼 = 100 ⋅ ⋅ (3)
𝑝 ∑ 𝑝 𝑞

where:

,
𝐼 is the index at me t with base period 0

𝑝 is the price of elementary aggregate (Item) 𝑖 at me 𝑡

𝑝 is the price of elementary aggregate (Item) 𝑖 at the base period

and the ∑
part of the formula is the weight part, where:

𝑞 is the quan ty of Item 𝑖 at me point 𝑏

A Lowe index takes weights from weight reference (T = 𝑏) period and price updates them to base
period (T = 0). As explained in Sec on 3, GSS uses expenditure weights based on consumer pat-
terns derived from the GLSS7. The weights that are used are obtained by upda ng the expenditure
shares (weights) in period 𝑏 ∑
, for the price changes occurring between period 𝑏 and 0

by mul plying them by (price rela ves between T = 𝑏 and T = 0). See Figures 4.1 and 4.2 for a
visualiza on.

Figure 4.1 Lowe Index

Base Period Current Period
(T = 0) (T = 𝑡)

Weight Refence Period (T = 𝑏) Time (T)

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 The price reference period is the period whose prices are used as denominators in index calcula-
ons. All future prices to be collected are then compared to these prices in calcula ng the index.
The current CPI uses the whole year of 2018 as the price reference period. This new reference
period is being used since August 2019.

Figure 4.2 Lowe Index for Current CPI in Ghana

Base Period Current Period
(T = 2018) (current month)

Weight Refence Period

Time (T)
(GLSS7: 2016 and 2017)

4.3 Numerical example

Tables 4.1 to 4.3 guide the reader to a numerical example. Assume that Ghanaian households only
consume five Items (instant noodles, malt drinks, Kente material, rent payments and toothpaste)
and that there is only one region in Ghana. First, for the five Items we need to calculate the five
price indices. Assume that we collect only four prices per Item, then we see the process of cal-
cula ng the elementary aggregate price index for instant noodles in Table 4.1. In the actual file,
there are 4,316 indices of 307 Items and 39,461 prices. The price index between January in year
1 and January in year 2 (year-on-year CPI) is calculated as:

Jan year 1,Jan year 2 3.20 3.80 4.50 3.10

𝐼Instant noodles = ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ 100
3.00 3.50 3.70 2.90 (4)
= 110.77

In this table where a Jevons index is used, the chained month-on-month indices and the direct
index between two periods are equal. This is what is meant by the index being transi ve. Once
there are five price indices, for example, the year-on-year CPI can be aggregated into one average
CPI, using the Item weights. The Items are summarized in the first four columns of Table 4.2. The
final column shows that process of aggrega ng the weights. Finally, Table 4.3 shows the process
of calcula ng infla on from CPI.

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 Table 4.1 Numerical example of crea ng an elementary aggregate from four prices, using the Jevons Index
Product variables Months
ID Shop name Region COICOP06 Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
(year 1) (year 2)
Prices (₵)
1 Ebener shop Ashan 01.1.1.5.0 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.20 3.10 3.20
2 John’s stall Ashan 01.1.1.5.0 3.50 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.70 3.80 3.80 3.90 3.70 3.70 3.80 3.80
3 Salad bar Ashan 01.1.1.5.0 3.70 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.20 4.20 4.30 4.40 4.40 4.40 4.50 4.50
4 Unnamed stall Ashan 01.1.1.5.0 2.90 2.80 2.50 2.80 2.80 2.80 2.90 2.90 3.00 3.00 3.10 3.10 3.10

Current-to-reference-month (Jan year 1) price ra os

1 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.033 1.033 1.033 1.067 1.067 1.067 1.067 1.033 1.067
2 1.000 1.057 1.057 1.057 1.057 1.057 1.086 1.086 1.114 1.057 1.057 1.086 1.086
3 1.000 1.081 1.081 1.081 1.081 1.135 1.135 1.162 1.189 1.189 1.189 1.216 1.216
4 1.000 0.966 0.862 0.966 0.966 0.966 1.000 1.000 1.034 1.034 1.069 1.069 1.069

Month-on-month price ra os
1 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.033 1.000 1.000 1.032 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.969 1.032
2 1.000 1.057 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.027 1.000 1.026 0.949 1.000 1.027 1.000
3 1.000 1.081 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.050 1.000 1.024 1.023 1.000 1.000 1.027 1.000
4 1.000 0.966 0.893 1.120 1.000 1.000 1.036 1.000 1.034 1.000 1.033 1.027 1.000

Indices
direct index to Jan year 1: 100.00 102.49 99.63 102.49 103.34 104.60 106.23 107.71 109.96 108.53 109.42 109.90 110.77
month-on-month index: 100.00 102.49 97.21 102.87 100.82 101.23 101.56 101.39 102.09 98.69 100.82 100.44 100.80
chained month-on-month index: 100.00 102.49 99.63 102.49 103.34 104.60 106.23 107.71 109.96 108.53 109.42 109.90 110.77

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 Table 4.2 Numerical example of aggrega ng Item price indices into one CPI, using weights
COICOP code Item current Item Index weight weighted index
01.1.1.5.0 Instant noodles 110.77 20 110.77 ⋅ 20 = 2215.4
01.2.6.0.1 Malt drinks 109.73 10 109.73 ⋅ 10 = 1097.3
03.1.1.0.3 Kente material 98.02 15 98.02 ⋅ 15 = 1470.3
04.1.1.0.1 Rents payment 105.67 50 105.67 ⋅ 50 = 5283.5
13.1.2.0.8 Toothpaste 140.12 5 140.12 ⋅ 5 = 700.6

total: 100 10767.1

.
new CPI: = 107.67

Table 4.3 Numerical example of calcula ng infla on from CPI

Current CPI 107.67
CPI previous year same month 102.67
CPI previous month 106.57

. .
year-on-year infla on: ⋅ 100 = 4.87%
.
. .
month-on-month infla on: ⋅ 100 = 1.03%
.

4.4 Contribution to In lation

The fact that CPI is a fixed-basket price index consis ng of many different sub-indices (for example,
the different COICOP Divisions), which have their own weights (their sum equals to 100), makes
it possible to explain the changes in total CPI (month-on-month or year-on-year) in terms of the
influence exerted by the changes in (infla on of) different sub-indices.

Analysis of this kind is referred to as contribu ons to or drivers of infla on. Contribu ons explain
how many percentage points of the CPI percentage change come from a given sub-index. Over
different months the weights of sub-indices stay the same, but their infla on rates might differ.
This accounts for the different contribu ons to infla on for sub-indices from month-to-month.
A sub-index with a high infla on rate, but very small weight will not greatly contribute to total
infla on and vice versa. As an example, the price index for the Food Division contributed 6.3% out
of the total 10.6% price level changes in April 2020 (see Figure 4.3). Adding all the sub-indices’
contribu ons results in the total infla on rate. For example, if the rela ve price index change
(infla on) for Food is 14.4% and the weight for the Food Division is 43.7 (out of 100), then the
contribu on to total infla on from Food is 14.4% ⋅ 0.437 = 6.3%. Even if all other Divisions had
a zero infla on that month, the total infla on would be 6.3%. If total infla on was 8% that month
.
then the rela ve contribu on of the Food Division was ⋅ 100 = 59.4%6) The same can be
.
done for month-on-month infla on.

6) Due to rounding issues, the decimals in Figure 4.3 are different.

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 Figure 4.3 Contribu ons to year-on-year and month-on-month infla on August 2019 to April
2020

Year-on-year infla on

10.0

7.5 59.6%

39.4% 44.4% 40%

45.5% 43.7% 44.9% 47.2%
47.8%
5.0

13.3% 12.1% 13.9% 10.2%

13.2% 8.5% 8.9% 11%
2.5 13.5%
17.1% 15.3% 14.5% 14% 13.2% 12.2%
13.6% 11.8% 6.6%

0.0
Infla on (%)

Month-on-month infla on

2 82.5%

1 70.1%

70.2% 81%
49.6%
0 -126.7% -51.8%
-56.1%

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr

( 2019 ) ( 2020 )

COICOP Divisions (two-digit)

Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages (01) Informa on and Communica on (08)
Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narco cs (02) Recrea on, Sport and Culture (09)
Clothing and Footwear (03) Educa on Services (10)
Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas and Other Fuels (04) Restaurants and Accommoda on Services (11)
Furnishings, Household Equipment and Rou ne
Insurance and Financial Services (12)
Household Maintenance (05)
Personal care, Social Protec on and Miscellaneous
Health (06)
Goods and Services (13)
Transport (07)

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5 Selection of Outlets and Products
Given that the prices are collected from the sellers, two different sampling problems arise. The first
is how to select the individual products within an elementary aggregate for which to collect prices.
The second is how to select a sample of outlets (markets) selling those products. On the level of
both products and outlets, there are no complete sampling frames available, which means that it is
hard to guarantee a representa ve selec on of products and outlets. Any selec on method needs
to maximize precision and minimise the cost of carrying out the price collec on. It would, for
example, be inefficient to separate sampling of products completely from the selec on of outlets.
This would result in an inefficient outcome, where only one or two prices per outlet are collected
and many different outlets must be visited. For the selec on of outlets and products, GSS uses a
mul - ered system, in which first ci es and town were first selected, then the markets in those
places, and finally the outlets within the markets.

Figure 5.1 Map of loca ons 44 different markets, using the 10 old regions of Ghana

rural urban
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS), 2019

5.1 Selection of Markets

Before the outlets (market stalls, shops, etc.) are selected, the markets where these outlets are
located are selected. A market can be considered as the whole collec on of outdoor market stalls,
hospitals, schools, cold stores, etc. in a single town.

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 As explained in Sec on 6 a total of 44 markets were selected. Fi een of these markets are urban
and 29 rural. Because expenditure weights were calculated using the 2016/2017 GLSS7, CPI is dis-
aggregated by 10 regions and not the new 16 regions, that define Ghana since February 2019. See
Figure 5.1 and Table A.5 for summaries of the markets. The first 40 markets were selected in 1963
in the then 9 regions. Since then the number and the loca ons of the markets have been updated
to meet changing circumstances, such as the closing of markets and the crea on of extra regions.
In June 2017 GSS, in consulta on with interna onal advisors and the 10 regional offices, GSS de-
cided on the 44 markets that are currently included in the price research. For every region, at least
one rural and one urban market was selected and the number of markets per region (between 3
and 6) was determined on bases of the region’s popula on sizes and shares of total domes c ex-
penditure. For every region, the regional capital was automa cally included. A er the selec on
of ci es, market loca ons were selected based on the availability of Items at different markets.
Markets with a large share of the products available were preferred over markets with a smaller
selec on of goods.

To iden fy the viability of a market, a team of price collectors visit a market for one or more days.
During this visit, the team tries to collect as many different Items as possible in that market. If
an Item is not available at a certain market, within reason, price collectors will travel to see if it
is available nearby, but to keep monthly price collec on feasible, the last product is not hunted
down un l it is found.

5.2 Selection of Outlets

Within the markets and using local knowledge, it is le to price collectors and regional sta s cians
to find suitable outlets selling the different Items. Price collectors are instructed to not change
outlets a er they are selected. Similarly to the markets, outlets with a wide range of products
are preferred to outlets with a very limited selec on. This means that sellers that only sell one
Item are usually excluded. The excep on to this are market sellers, who might only sell one type
of Food-Item. Ease of data collec on, to guarantee expedient calcula on of CPI sta s cs, is also
taken into considera on. This means that preference is given to outlets that are likely to remain
available for price collec on for mul ple years and available to visit every month. This means
that street hawkers and market sellers without a fixed stall are excluded. Once a shop is selected,
certain meta-data, such as the loca on, name, and phone number are registered, to guarantee
the same shop can be visited every month. In total, GSS staff visits 7,726 outlets every month for
the CPI data collec on.

5.3 Selection of Products

The actual 39,461 products for which prices are collected monthly, were also selected in 2017 a er
ini al visits to the markets. As explained in Sec on 3.1, Items are selected on the rela ve expen-
diture of households on these Items. In total, the 307 Items on which households, at the na onal
level, spend the most money on were selected. As explained in Sec on 4.1, every elementary
aggregate, consists of the price quota ons of many more products. The Items that are included
were selected based on the results of the GLSS7. Items (the elementary aggregates) are rela vely
loosely defined so that products within this Item can be found at different types of markets. For
example, an Item might simply be “Imported Rice” - it is then up to the collectors to find specific
products. In a supermarket, a collector might select a 5kg bag of imported rice from brand A, while

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 another collect prices for a 1kg bag from another brand at an outdoor rural market stall. Once a
product is chosen for an outlet, it is defined narrowly and described in detail (to ensure that the
same product is priced each month).

The first me a product is selected at a Market, it is up to the price collectors to decide for which
products prices will be collected. Price collectors are given two rules to decide which products to
select:

1. Price collectors ask the seller, which product (for example brand) of a certain Item, is the most
popular and most commonly sold; and
2. Price collectors are instructed to, as much as possible, collect different brands at different out-
lets.

The 4,316 different elementary aggregates do not consist of an equal number of product price
quota ons. For example, Cashew nuts (01.1.6.8.2), only has 2 prices collected every month, while
Imported rice (01.1.1.1.2) has 672 different prices collected every month.

The number of prices collected per Item depends on mul ple factors. As a general rule, the number
of products assigned to an Item is roughly propor onal to its weight. However, more for homoge-
neous Items such as Electricity, fewer prices can be collected. Therefore, for Items which higher
price fluctua ons are expected, more prices are collected. This holds true as well for Items where it
can be expected that there are large differences in price changes between outlets and more prices
are collected. In general, Items with higher weights are also over-represented, because their price
changes influence the CPI more.

6 Data Collection
Data collec on for the calcula on of the CPI is undertaken monthly by trained staff at the regional
offices of the GSS using paper-based ques onnaires. Prices are collected across outlets (such as
supermarkets, restaurants, business en es, administra ve offices and open markets) where most
goods and services are purchased by households. For every product, price collectors collect both
the price and the quan ty. For packaged products, informa on on the labels are used and for fresh
produce, price collectors carry their own scales to weigh the quan ty of the products.

In supermarkets and department stores, the prices are collected from price tags. In outlets without
adver sed prices, the outlet owners or employees are asked for the price. Currently, no internet
(web) shops are included. Price collectors are trained by GSS staff and are strictly instructed to
always collect prices for the same product in the same shop. Prices from outlets that determine
prices only once a year, like hospitals and schools, are collected at the beginning of the year and
regularly checked (when possible over the phone) to make sure prices did not change.

To determine the price of ren ng accommoda on, price quotes from local landlords are used.

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6.1 Timing

Most goods in the CPI rely on field-based collec on. This means that price collectors are employed
to visit selected outlets and market stalls to record actual prices on the shop floor or market. GSS
staff are instructed to collect data in the first week of every month. They are allowed to collect
data on any day of the week, but no data are collected on Saturdays and Sundays. Certain rural
and smaller urban markets that are only held a single day a week are visited on that day of the
week. Price collectors are also asked to start price collec on at similar mes every month. This is
to guarantee that the me of day does not influence the prices collected for fresh produce.

6.2 Seasonality

No product in the basket is considered seasonal. This means that all products are collected every
month.

6.3 Inclusion Approach

GSS uses the ‘acquisi ons approach’ for all goods, to decide on the me point at which a good
is included in the CPI. The ‘acquisi ons approach’ involves observing prices at the me at which
the legal ownership of the good or service passes to the household. This is the me where the
household and the seller reach an agreement on the transfer of goods.

Other possible approaches are the ‘payment approach’ and the ‘consump on approach.’ The ‘pay-
ment approach’ means that prices are included for the month in which the product of good is paid
for, which might be a er (or before) the good is handed to the household. For example, goods
paid with a credit card might change owners a month before the financial transac on (payment of
credit card debt) takes place. This makes the ‘payment approach’ imprac cal for CPI purposes, be-
cause different households use different payment methods and because GSS simply collects prices
and does not actually buy the goods and services.

The ‘use approach’ involves observing prices at the me at which the good or service is fully con-
sumed by the household, which again might not be at the same me as the product is paid for. For
many goods and services, the choice between the three different approaches is inconsequen al,
because, the household’s me of purchase of a good or service frequently coincides with when
the household acquires and consumes that goods and services. In addi on, GSS aims to collect
prices for products that are both paid and consumed in the same month, which would mean the
three approaches would lead to the same CPI. However, for some products, par cularly durable
goods or large expenditure Items, the ming of price observa on can yield different results. For
these Items, the three different approaches do not necessarily need to coincide. For example, a
consumer might purchase a domes c flight in January for a flight that is scheduled in April. Using
the ‘payment approach,’ or ‘acquisi ons approach’ the flight would be included in the CPI calcula-
on for January, but using the ‘use approach’ would mean the flight would be included in the CPI
calcula on for April.

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7 Data Validation
Prices are collected using paper-based ques onnaires by 10 regional offices. These offices then
process these data in an Excel file. These files are then sent to the GSS Head Office staff. In the
Head Office, these files are combined into one na onal file. At the GSS Head Office, price sta s cs
staff check the plausibility of the collected prices manually. If the unit price of a given product
deviates more the 25% compared to the previous month’s unit price, ac on is required. Data
entry mistakes, such as a missing or extra 0 in either the price or quan ty, are manually corrected
in the na onal sheet. If there is uncertainty about a large price difference, regional offices are
asked to check the price again and confirm it.

8 Principles and Procedures

The CPI aims to be an index of pure price changes of a fixed basket of goods. It considers the
subs tu ng behaviour of consumers due to price changes and also aims to exclude price changes
due to differences in the quan ty and quality of products. In essence, it does this by keeping as
many variables constant as possible and only allowing the me (month of collec on) and price
differ. This means that prices are collected for the same products from the same shop in the same
way as much as possible.

8.1 Quantity Adjustment

Quan ty adjustments are inherently easier than quality adjustments. For every product, GSS col-
quan ty
lects a unit price ( ) and not just the price. For example, if one store sells 1kg of onions for
price
3₵, while another store sells 5kg of onions for 15₵, they have the same unit price.

8.2 Quality Adjustments

Certain Items, especially new high-technology goods, computer equipment and transport, change
in quality considerably in five year me periods. For these Items, it is hard to collect the exact
same model for five consecu ve years. Updated versions might be hard to compare to older ver-
sions, especially if not all characteris cs of a product are known. Price changes might be because
of infla on or might be because of change in quality. For example, an increase in bus cket prices
that occurs because air-condi oned transport replaces non-air-condi oned transport cannot be
considered pure price changes. However, es ma ng the pure price change might also not be pos-
sible. Similarly, smartphone models from year-to-year are hard to compare. For these reasons, no
quality adjustments of products are done between rebasing periods. Adjustments happen a er
every GLSS. The next GLSS round is planned for 2021/2022. Once new consump on weights are
collected in the new GLSS8, a new basket of goods will be created with new Items and correspond-
ing weights. This is why it is important that rebasing happens every five years.

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8.3 New Products

New products are only added to the CPI calcula on once the basket of goods is updated. This
happens a er every itera on of the GLSS. This allows for easier es ma on of pure price changes
of the fixed basket, but also means that products that are introduced to the market are only in-
cluded once every five years. An excep on to this are replacements of products that are no longer
available

8.4 Missing Data

It is necessary to dis nguish between products that are permanently and temporarily missing.
Products that are temporarily missing are products which are not available and not priced in a
certain month, but that are priced in subsequent months.

If a product is temporarily not available, either because it is not in stock or because an outlet is
closed, the last price and quan ty observa on that was recorded is carried forward. If a product
is not available for three consecu ve months, the head office is informed and it is determined if a
product will be available again or not.

If the product is determined to be permanently unavailable, a replacement outlet is found that

sells the product. Similarly, if an outlet is permanently closed, head office is consulted and a new
outlet, which sells the same products, is added to businesses visited each month.

If a product is no longer available on the market, for example because the specific model is no
longer produced, similar steps are followed. First, the last price and quan ty observa on that was
recorded is carried forward for a couple of months to determine if the product will return to the
market or not. If a er a couple of months, the product is s ll unavailable, a replacement product,
which shares similar characteris cs is introduced.

8.5 Foreign Goods

Because CPI includes only transac ons between private households in Ghana and establishments
opera ng in Ghana, no foreign prices are included in the CPI. Only products which are priced in
Ghana Cedis (₵) are included. However, the prices of imported goods nevertheless have an impor-
tant impact on the CPI because many of the products sold on markets are either imported or have
significant imported content. As a result, changes in the exchange rate of the Ghana Cedi against
other currencies impacts the CPI, since they affect prices for imported goods which are then sold
to domes c consumers.

8.6 Discounts, Taxes, and Subsidies

All taxes on products, such as sales taxes, excise taxes, value-added taxes and Ghana educa on
trust fund (GET-fund), are part of the purchase price paid by households and are included in the CPI.
Similarly, subsidies are taken into account and treated as nega ve taxes on products. Consumers
are faced with these taxes and therefore, these taxes are included. Discount prices and promo ons
on any product are also included.

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8.7 Rounding

During the different steps of the computa on of the CPI, indices are calculated to several decimal
places. However, consistent with interna onal prac ce, indices are rounded to one decimal place
when they are published. As such, GSS uses the unrounded indices for the calcula on of infla on
and other sta s cs. This might lead users, who use the rounded indices, to not be able to exactly
replicate the published percentage changes. Another side effect of rounding indices is that small
consistencies between the percentage changes in the overall CPI and its sub-indices can occur. For
example, the rounded percentage change of the total CPI may not be centred among the weighted
rounded percentage changes of its sub-indices.

9 CPI Disaggregation and

Dissemination
GSS releases CPI es mates monthly. This happens on the second Wednesday of the month a er
the month for which the CPI is released. Considering that prices are collected in the first week of
the month, this means that there are approximately five weeks between the data collec on and
the release of the CPI/infla on sta s cs. On this second Wednesday of the month, the Govern-
ment Sta s cian present the indices in a news release and the annexes (with detailed disaggrega-
on of indices in tables by Division and region) and newsle er are uploaded to the GSS website.7)
Once published, the official CPI sta s cs are not revised.

Because of different consumer pa erns and economic situa ons, CPI and infla on changes are
not equal across Ghana. It is therefore good prac ce to publish regional infla on es ma ons in
addi on to the na onal one. Furthermore, GSS, every month, publishes some disaggregated CPI
numbers for the Division and Classes within Divisions.

9.1 Disaggregation by Region

In addi on to na onal es mates, GSS publishes regional CPIs. In certain months, the infla on in
the region with the highest infla on can be three mes as high as the infla on in the region with
the lowest infla on that same month (see Figure 9.1 for an example).

7) Ghana Sta s cal Service. Price Indices.

: http://www.statsghana.gov.gh/Economics.php?category=
NjA3MDAyNjY4LjY1OTU=/webstats/3psp748376.

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 Figure 9.1 Example of disaggrega on by begion using a chloropleth map (April 2020)
Overall inflation Food inflation Non−food inflation

Upper East: Upper East: Upper East:

Upper West: 2.3 Upper West: 0.0 Upper West: 3.5
8.1 12.2 4.1

Northern: Northern: Northern:

7.1 7.0 7.2

Brong Ahafo: Brong Ahafo: Brong Ahafo:

6.9 7.3 6.5
Volta: Volta: Volta:
9.8 11.2 8.6
Ashanti: Ashanti: Ashanti:
8.9 18.2 2.5
Eastern: Eastern: Eastern:
10.7 8.7 12.5

Western: Greater Accra: Western: Greater Accra: Western: Greater Accra:

Central: 15.1 Central: 20.8 Central: 10.8
9.2 12.7 6.5
9.1 8.8 9.4

Inflation (%)

5 10 15 20

9.2 Disaggregation by COICOP Divisions

In addi on to disaggrega on by region, GSS also publishes disaggregated CPI sta s cs by the 13
COICOP Divisions (COICOP level 2) Not all Divisions are equally vola le, and there are consider-
able differences between the Divisions in infla on rates. Even further disaggrega on to the level
of Classes (COICOP level 4) is also possible and some mes done to show relevant infla ons pat-
terns. This might reveal that infla on in a certain Division is predominantly driven by a single Class.
Classes are currently the lowest level for which GSS regularly publishes CPI numbers.

9.3 Disaggregation by Rural vs. Urban

CPI numbers also disaggregated by rural and urban CPIs. For this, rural and urban markets are
dis nguished, as explained in Sec on 6.

9.4 Disaggregation by Local vs. Imported

Imported goods might experience different levels of infla ons than locally produced goods. GSS re-
leases separate CPI es mates for domes cally produced goods and imported goods, every month.

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10 Software
Data are collected using paper ques onnaires, which are then entered in an Excel sheet in the
Regional Offices. These raw price data and elementary aggregates weights are then analysed using
both Stata and R to get the price indices. The indices are then analysed in R to calculate the infla on
numbers. R is also used for the visualiza on of the infla on data.

GSS is ac vely working on making the code used for the index computa ons both more robust and
flexible. This will allow more flexibility in adding or omi ng products between rebasing periods,
without influencing already published indices.

11 Rebasing, Chain-linking and Back

Cast
11.1 Rebasing

Every so o en, it is necessary to re-reference the base period of the index back to 100, which
makes interpreta on of the index more straigh orward. Every me the CPI is rebased and the
fixed basket of goods updated, the new index needs to be chain-linked to the older indices. This
way, the sequence of fixed-basket indices is chained together to create a con nuous me series.
This is necessary to avoid having breaks in an index when a basket update is performed. In order to
chain indices across baskets (meaning that the weights have been updated), expenditure weights
for the two baskets must be expressed at the prices of a common period. This common period is
either a month or a full year.

Rebasing, the process of rese ng the index to 100 and chain-linking a er an update of the basket
of goods do not need to coincide, but they o en do. The weight could be updated more frequently
than an index is rebased without introducing a new basket of Items and weights.

With each upda ng, the CPI starts with a new base reference period. For example, the previous
series had a reference base period of 2012 = 100 and covered the period January 2013 to July 2019.
The current series has a reference period of 2018 = 100 and will cover the period from August
2019 to 2022 (the date of the next planned upda ng). It is possible to link these two separate
series together at their common period (for example, the whole year 2018) in order to create a
con nuous series that will cover the period January 2013 to December 2022.

The rebasing of the CPI (that is, its conversion from one reference year or month to another) is
an arithme c opera on that does not affect the rela ve change in CPI between two periods. The
base value (usually 100), could be any posi ve number. To rebase a CPI (𝐼 ∶ ) and express it in
terms of a new CPI with reference period 𝑏 (𝐼 ∶ ), all values in the CPI series 𝑎 ∶ 𝑡 (𝐼 ∶ ) are divided
by a constant. In this process 𝑡 can be considered the current me period and 𝑏 a me period
somewhere a er me point 𝑎. This constant 𝐼 ∶ is an index for price observa on period 𝑏 (which
will be the new CPI reference period) with the ini al index reference period 𝑎. The calculated

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results are then mul plied by 100 in order to obtain the new rebased index, with the index for the
reference period 𝑏 equal to 100. 𝑏 could be either a month or a full year. This means that:

∶
∶
𝐼
𝐼 = ∶
⋅ 100 (5)
𝐼

where:

∶
𝐼 is the index for a price observa on period 𝑡 with the new index reference period 𝑏 ;

∶
𝐼 is the index for a price observa on period 𝑡 with the ini al index reference period 𝑎 ; and

∶
𝐼 is the index for price observa on period 𝑏 with the ini al index reference period 𝑎 .

As a hypothe cal example of rebasing a CPI with as old base period a = 100, which is chain linked
to 2018 = 100, is presented in Table 11.1.

Table 11.1 Example of CPI rebasing with a full year (2018) as reference period
Period 𝐼 ∶ 𝐼 ∶
a= 100 2018 = 100
∶ .
January-18 151.2 98.6 = ∶ ⋅ 100 = ⋅ 100
.
February-18 151.1 98.6
March-18 151.6 98.9
April-18 152.1 99.2
May-18 152.4 99.4
June-18 152.9 99.7
July-18 153.8 100.3
August-18 154.2 100.6
September-18 154.1 100.5
October-18 154.8 101.0
November-18 155.5 101.4
December-18 155.8 101.6
average 2018 153.3 100.0
January-19 156.1 101.8
February-19 156.7 102.2
March-19 157 102.4
April-19 157.8 102.9
May-19 158.6 103.5
∶ .
June-19 159.1 103.8 = ∶ ⋅ 100 = ⋅ 100
.

This chain-linking does not affect rela ve change in CPI between two periods and thus the infla on
rate is unaffected by chain-linking. For example, year-on-year infla on from June 2018 to June
. . . .
2019 is 4.1% in both indices ⋅ 100 = ⋅ 100 = 4.1% . Small differences in
. .
infla on may occur due to rounding when CPI sta s cs are calculated.

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 11.2 Back Cast

In order to get a complete picture of changes in CPI, it is necessary to back cast old CPI numbers
linked to the current index. This means normalizing old indexes to the current index, such that the
reference period equals 100. GSS currently has a back cast going back to January 2003.8)

Figure 11.1 Example of a back cast plot. GSS releases a back cast going back to January 2013.
This plot shows the overall CPI from January 2013 to April 2020, expressed in 2018 = 100. The
yellow bars indicate different reference periods.
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12 Challenges
Calcula ng CPI and infla on in a dynamic economy comes with challenges for sta s cal offices.
Many problems were addressed in the latest rebasing period, but at the same me, new challenges
arise. Prominent among these is the fact that since 2018, there are now 16 regions in Ghana.
However, CPI has only been reported on the previous 10 regions. This is because the expenditure
weights and selec on of products and outlets are based on the GLSS7, which was conducted prior
to the change to 16 Regions. GSS is working on changing to 16 regions.

Guaranteeing the correct collec on of prices can also be a challenge. The market outlets and their
inventory where prices are collected can be dynamic, which complicates collec ng a price for every
product every single month. GSS staff must travel to the selected outlets and collect prices every
month. Due to limited funds for travel cost, changing staff and changing products, this can be

8) These can be found here: https://www.statsghana.gov.gh/nationalaccount_macros.php?Stats=

MjI5NjA1MzU3Mi43NTU1/webstats/249ssp0p7r.

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troublesome for some of the regional offices. GSS is working on improved training for staff and to
improve data collec on, using tablets to guarantee good and expedient data collec on.

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 Appendix
A Summary tables

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Table A.1 Summary table of products in the CPI basket, with some summary sta s cs. *W = Western Region, C = Central Region, GA = Greater Accra, V = Volta, E = Eastern
Region, A = Ashan Region, BA = Brong Ahafo, N = Northern Region, UE = Upper East Region, UW = Upper West Region.

Division Group (COICOP03) Class (COICOP04) Subclass (COICOP05) Item (COICOP06) Weight N N Collected in*
(COICOP02) prices markets
Food and Food (01.1) Cereals and cereal Cereals (01.1.1.1) Imported rice (01.1.1.1.2) 3.197 672 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
non-alcoholic products (01.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
beverages (01) Guinea corn/sorghum 0.038 148 34 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.1.1.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Millet (01.1.1.1.5) 0.056 91 27 W, C, GA, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Maize (01.1.1.1.6) 0.665 175 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Local rice (01.1.1.1.9) 0.817 164 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Flour of cereals (01.1.1.2) Wheat flour (01.1.1.2.1) 0.037 55 24 W, C, GA, V, E, BA,
N, UE, UW
Corn dough/corn flour 0.819 138 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.1.2.6) BA, N, UE, UW
Bread and bakery products Bread (01.1.1.3.1) 2.136 274 40 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.1.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Biscuit (01.1.1.3.9) 0.376 728 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Breakfast cereals (01.1.1.4) Other breakfast cereal 0.111 308 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.1.4.0) BA, N, UE, UW
Macaroni, noodles, couscous and Instant noodles/pasta 0.152 427 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
similar pasta products (01.1.1.5) (01.1.1.5.0) BA, N, UE, UW
Live animals, meat and Live land animals (01.1.2.1) Live poultry (01.1.2.1.4) 0.48 148 28 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
other parts of slaughtered BA, N, UE, UW
land animals (01.1.2) Snail (01.1.2.1.9) 0.028 36 15 W, C, GA, E, A, BA
Meat, fresh, chilled or frozen Beef (01.1.2.2.1) 1.692 237 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.2.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Pork (01.1.2.2.2) 0.029 50 19 W, C, GA, E, A,
BA, N, UE
Goat meat (01.1.2.2.3) 0.263 129 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Chicken (01.1.2.2.4) 0.997 208 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Meat, dried, salted, in brine or Dog meat (01.1.2.3.3) 0.001 3 1 UE
smoked (01.1.2.3) Bush meat (01.1.2.3.9) 0.033 11 6 W, GA, E, A
Meat, offal, blood and other parts Sausage (01.1.2.5.1) 0.002 19 8 W, V, E, A, UE, UW
of slaughtered animals’ Corned beef (01.1.2.5.2) 0.046 280 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
prepara ons (01.1.2.5) BA, N, UE, UW
Fish and other seafood Fish, live, fresh, chilled or frozen Tilapia (01.1.3.1.1) 0.145 14 8 W, GA, E, A, BA,
(01.1.3) (01.1.3.1) UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Food and Food (01.1) (cont.) Fish and other seafood Fish, live, fresh, chilled or frozen Fish (sea) (01.1.3.1.2) 1.505 60 25 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
non-alcoholic (01.1.3) (cont.) (01.1.3.1) (cont.) BA, N, UE, UW
beverages (01) Fish, dried, salted, in brine or Smoked herrings (01.1.3.2.1) 2.514 137 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(cont.) smoked (01.1.3.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Fish (river) (01.1.3.2.2) 1.764 98 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Dried fish - koobi/momoni 0.344 144 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.3.2.9) BA, N, UE, UW
Fish prepara ons (01.1.3.3) Tuna in vegetable oil 0.212 186 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.3.3.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Mackerel tn tomato sauce 0.133 414 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.3.3.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Sardines in vegetable oil 0.131 499 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.3.3.4) BA, N, UE, UW
Fish fried (01.1.3.3.9) 0.028 10 4 W, V, N, UW
Other seafood, live, fresh, chilled Shrimps (01.1.3.4.1) 0.013 10 5 W, V, A, BA, UE
or frozen (0.1.1.3.4) Crab (01.1.3.4.2) 0.015 12 5 W, C, V, E, A
Milk, other dairy products Other milk and cream (01.1.4.3) Evaporated milk (01.1.4.3.1) 0.433 588 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
and eggs (01.1.4) BA, N, UE, UW
Powdered milk (01.1.4.3.2) 0.211 574 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Yoghurt and similar products Ice cream (01.1.4.6.0) 0.128 210 25 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
(01.1.4.6) N, UE, UW
Eggs (01.1.4.8) Chicken eggs (01.1.4.8.1) 0.511 111 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Oils and fats (01.1.5) Vegetable oils (01.1.5.1) Sunflower cooking oil 0.016 20 7 W, GA, A
(01.1.5.1.1)
Palm oil (red oil) (01.1.5.1.2) 0.179 173 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Groundnut oil (01.1.5.1.5) 0.03 30 13 V, E, A, BA, N, UE,
UW
Coconut oil (01.1.5.1.6) 0.07 41 17 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
UE
Vegetable oil (01.1.5.1.9) 0.977 174 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Margarine and similar Margarine (01.1.5.3.0) 0.098 157 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
prepara ons (01.1.5.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Fruits and nuts (01.1.6) Dates, figs and tropical fruits, fresh Avocado pear (01.1.6.1.1) 0.043 23 11 W, C, GA, V, A,
(01.1.6.1) BA, UE, UW
Banana (01.1.6.1.2) 0.227 84 27 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Mango (01.1.6.1.5) 0.044 41 16 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
N, UE
Pawpaw (01.1.6.1.6) 0.053 27 13 W, C, GA, E, A,
BA, N
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Food and Food (01.1) (cont.) Fruits and nuts (01.1.6) Dates, figs and tropical fruits, fresh Pineapple (01.1.6.1.7) 0.061 83 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
non-alcoholic (cont.) (01.1.6.1) (cont.) BA, N, UE, UW
beverages (01) Coconut (fresh) (01.1.6.1.8) 0.028 40 15 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(cont.) BA, N, UE
Citrus fruits, fresh (01.1.6.2) Lime (01.1.6.2.2) 0.025 31 14 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UW
Oranges (fruit) (01.1.6.2.3) 0.096 107 36 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Stone fruits and pome fruits, fresh Apples (foreign) (01.1.6.3.1) 0.06 52 21 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.6.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Sweet apple (01.1.6.3.9) 0.008 4 2 W, A
Other fruits, fresh (01.1.6.5) Grapes (01.1.6.5.1) 0.009 7 3 W, A, BA
Watermelon (01.1.6.5.4) 0.045 55 21 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
N, UE, UW
Palm fruits (01.1.6.5.9) 0.181 118 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Nuts, in shell or shelled (01.1.6.8) Cashew (01.1.6.8.2) <0.001 2 1 W
Groundnuts (shelled) 0.042 115 36 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.6.8.8) BA, N, UE, UW
Vegetables, tubers, Leafy or stem vegetables, fresh or Cabbage (01.1.7.1.2) 0.002 3 2 E
plantains, cooking bananas chilled (01.1.7.1) Cocoyam leaves 0.163 123 36 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
and pulses (01.1.7) (kontomire)/alefu (01.1.7.1.9) BA, N, UE, UW
Fruit-bearing vegetables, fresh or Green pepper (fresh) 0.173 197 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
chilled (01.1.7.2) (01.1.7.2.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Garden eggs (01.1.7.2.3) 0.431 150 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Tomatoes (fresh) (01.1.7.2.4) 1.576 162 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Okro (fresh) (01.1.7.2.6) 0.507 144 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Dried pepper (red) (01.1.7.2.7) 0.551 155 37 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Green leguminous vegetables, Beans (01.1.7.3.1) 0.146 147 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
fresh or chilled (01.1.7.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Bambara beans (01.1.7.3.2) 0.012 20 7 C, GA, N, UE
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled Carrot (01.1.7.4.1) 0.072 69 21 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.7.4) BA, N, UE, UW
Garlic (01.1.7.4.2) 0.103 131 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Onions (large) (01.1.7.4.3) 1.105 161 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Tubers, plantains and cooking Cassava (fresh) (01.1.7.5.3) 0.729 116 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
bananas (01.1.7.5) BA, N, UE, UW
Yam (01.1.7.5.4) 1.506 183 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Food and Food (01.1) (cont.) Vegetables, tubers, Tubers, plantains and cooking Cocoyam (01.1.7.5.6) 0.123 61 20 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
non-alcoholic plantains, cooking bananas bananas (01.1.7.5) (cont.) BA, UE
beverages (01) and pulses (01.1.7) (cont.) Plantain (green) (01.1.7.5.7) 0.985 128 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(cont.) BA, N, UE, UW
Vegetables, tubers, plantains, Cassava - kokonte/dough 0.656 223 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
cooking bananas and pulses (01.1.7.9.1) BA, N, UE, UW
ground and other prepara ons Gari (01.1.7.9.8) 0.329 167 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.7.9) BA, N, UE, UW
Tomato paste (01.1.7.9.9) 0.845 448 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Sugar, confec onery and Cane and beet sugar (01.1.8.1) Sugar (01.1.8.1.1) 0.293 281 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
desserts (01.1.8) BA, N, UE, UW
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit Honey (01.1.8.3.1) 0.051 38 15 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
purée and pastes, honey (01.1.8.3) BA, N, UE
Nut purée, nut bu er and nut Sheabu er (01.1.8.4.0) 0.073 73 28 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
pastes (01.1.8.4) N, UE, UW
Groundnuts paste (01.1.8.4.1) 0.026 6 1 A
Chocolate, cocoa, and cocoa-based Chocolate (01.1.8.5.1) 0.034 90 28 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
food products (01.1.8.5) BA, N, UE, UW
Milo/cocoa powder 0.407 401 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.8.5.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Other sugar confec onery and Chewing gum (01.1.8.9.9) 0.022 265 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
desserts n.e.c. (01.1.8.9) BA, N, UE, UW
Ready-made food and Ready-made food (01.1.9.1) Kenkey with fried fish 1.342 114 32 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
other food products n.e.c. (01.1.9.1.2) BA, N, UE, UW
(01.1.9) Cooked rice (01.1.9.1.3) 3.764 108 31 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Fried plantain and beans 1.408 25 15 W, C, GA, V, A,
(01.1.9.1.4) BA, UE, UW
Fufu and soup (01.1.9.1.6) 1.287 65 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Baby food (01.1.9.2) Baby milk (01.1.9.2.1) 0.028 35 9 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
UW
Baby food (01.1.9.2.2) 0.1 404 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Salt, condiments and sauces Iodated salt (01.1.9.3.1) 0.157 198 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.9.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Vinegar (01.1.9.3.9) 0.011 41 11 W, C, V, A, BA, N,
UE, UW
Spices, culinary herbs and seeds Spicies (cubes) (01.1.9.4.0) 0.223 278 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.1.9.4) BA, N, UE, UW
Ginger (01.1.9.4.1) 0.223 130 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Non-alcoholic Fruit and vegetable juices Fruit and vegetable juices (1.2.1.0) Fruit juice (01.2.1.0.0) 0.261 609 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
beverages (01.2) (01.2.1) BA, N, UE, UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Food and Non-alcoholic Coffee and coffee subs - Coffee and coffee subs tutes Coffee (01.2.2.0.1) 0.104 293 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
non-alcoholic beverages (01.2) tutes (01.2.2) (01.2.2.0) BA, N, UE, UW
beverages (01) (cont.) Tea, maté and other plant Tea, maté and other plant products Tea bags (01.2.3.0.9) 0.103 154 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(cont.) products for infusion for infusion (01.2.3.0) BA, N, UE, UW
(01.2.3)
Cocoa drinks (01.2.4) Cocoa drinks (01.2.4.0) Country milk (01.2.4.0.0) 0.012 20 7 W, C, V, A, N, UE
Water (01.2.5) Water (01.2.5.0) Mineral water (bo le) 0.155 271 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(01.2.5.0.0) BA, N, UE, UW
Mineral water (sachet) 0.585 143 33 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
(01.2.5.0.1) N, UE, UW
So drinks (01.2.6) So drinks (01.2.6.0) So drinks (01.2.6.0.0) 0.367 234 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Malt drinks (01.2.6.0.1) 0.257 716 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Energy drinks (01.2.6.0.2) 0.003 14 5 A, BA, UE, UW
Non-alcoholic champagne 0.003 3 3 GA, N
(01.2.6.0.3)
Alcoholic Alcoholic beverages Spirits and liquors (02.1.1) Spirits and liquors (02.1.1.0) Akpeteshie (02.1.1.0.1) 1.149 72 32 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
beverages, (02.1) N, UE, UW
tobacco and Bi ers (02.1.1.0.2) 0.205 163 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
narco cs (02) BA, N, UE, UW
Spirits (other) (02.1.1.0.3) 0.135 94 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Gin (02.1.1.0.4) 0.139 134 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Whisky (02.1.1.0.5) 0.131 76 26 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Wine (02.1.2) Wine from grapes (02.1.2.1) Imported wine (02.1.2.1.1) 0.13 74 21 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE
Beer (02.1.3) Beer (02.1.3.0) Na onal beer (Star/Club) 0.357 193 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(02.1.3.0.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Dark beer (02.1.3.0.2) 0.412 99 36 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Beer (imported) (02.1.3.0.3) 0.082 31 10 W, C, GA, V, A, N
Other alcoholic beverages Other alcoholic beverages Tradi onal beer (pito) 0.434 54 19 W, C, E, A, BA, N,
(02.1.9) (02.1.9.0) (02.1.9.0.1) UE
Palm wine (02.1.9.0.2) 0.03 8 7 W, C, V, E, A
Tobacco (02.3) Tobacco (02.3.0)] Cigare es (02.3.0.1) Cigare es (02.3.0.1.1) 0.313 94 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Narco cs (02.4) Narco cs (02.4.0) Narco cs (02.4.0.0) Kola nuts (02.4.0.0.1) 0.213 76 29 W, C, V, A, BA, N,
UE, UW
Clothing and Clothing (03.1) Garments (03.1.2) Clothing material (03.1.1.0) Clothing materials (local) 0.859 239 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
footwear (03) (03.1.1.0.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Clothing materials (imported) 0.69 272 37 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.1.0.2) BA, N, UE, UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Clothing and Clothing (03.1) (cont.) Garments (03.1.2) (cont.) Clothing material (03.1.1.0) (cont.) Kente (03.1.1.0.3) 0.228 106 23 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
footwear (03) BA, N, UE
(cont.) Garments for men or boys Men’s t-Shirt (03.1.2.1.1) 0.284 367 36 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.2.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Boy’s shirt (03.1.2.1.2) 0.225 90 20 W, C, GA, V, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Ready-made clothing men 0.256 120 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(jeans/khaki) (03.1.2.1.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Ready-made clothing men 0.29 80 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(trousers) (03.1.2.1.4) BA, N, UE, UW
Ready-made clothing boys 0.166 46 21 W, C, V, A, BA, N,
(03.1.2.1.5) UE, UW
Underwear (male) (03.1.2.1.6) 0.284 133 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Garments for women or girls Women’s blouse (03.1.2.2.1) 0.145 169 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.2.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Girl’s dress (03.1.2.2.2) 0.135 55 25 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Girl’s underwear (03.1.2.2.3) 0.077 50 24 W, C, E, A, BA, N,
UE, UW
Women jeans shorts 0.117 72 22 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.2.2.4) BA, N, UE, UW
Skirt and blouse (03.1.2.2.5) 0.137 69 23 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Women’s summer pants 0.065 40 13 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
(03.1.2.2.6) N, UE
African wear women 0.102 26 11 W, C, GA, A, N, UE
(03.1.2.2.7)
Underwear women 0.085 59 25 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
(03.1.2.2.8) N, UE, UW
Garments for infants (03.1.2.3) Children’s wear (03.1.2.3.1) 1.118 164 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
School uniforms (03.1.2.4) School uniforms boys 0.172 64 27 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.2.4.1) BA, N, UE, UW
School uniforms girls 0.154 45 24 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.2.4.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Sports clothes (03.1.2.4.3) 0.037 10 5 W, V, A, N, UE
Other ar cles of clothing Other ar cles of clothing (03.1.3.1) Smock (03.1.3.1.1) 0.045 152 22 W, C, GA, V, A,
and clothing accessories BA, N, UE, UW
(03.1.3) Handkerchief (women) 0.034 137 29 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
(03.1.3.1.2) N, UE, UW
Men’s belt (03.1.3.1.3) 0.04 46 19 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Polyester Tie (03.1.3.1.4) 0.039 44 17 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Clothing and Clothing (03.1) (cont.) Other ar cles of clothing Other ar cles of clothing (03.1.3.1) Other ar cles of clothing 0.01 6 3 C, E, A, BA, UE
footwear (03) and clothing accessories (cont.) (03.1.3.1.5)
(cont.) (03.1.3) (cont.) Men’s socks (03.1.3.1.6) 0.05 79 34 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Cleaning, repair, tailoring Cleaning of clothing (03.1.4.1) Dry cleaning (03.1.4.1.1) 0.004 88 9 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
and hire of clothing BA, UE
(03.1.4) Repair, tailoring and hire of Tailoring charges (women) 0.41 294 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
clothing (03.1.4.2) (03.1.4.2.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Tailoring charges (men) 0.116 173 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.4.2.2) BA, N, UW
Tailoring charges (children) 0.106 240 31 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.1.4.2.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Footwear (03.2) Shoes and other footwear Footwear for men (03.2.1.1) Footwear men (03.2.1.1.1) 0.638 240 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(03.2.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Footwear for women (03.2.1.2) Footwear women (03.2.1.2.1) 0.622 205 36 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Footwear for infants and children Footwear children (03.2.1.3.1) 0.393 119 21 W, C, V, E, A, N,
(03.2.1.3) UE
Cleaning, repair, and hire of Cleaning, repair, and hire of Repairs of footwear 0.024 473 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
footwear (03.2.2)] footwear (03.2.2.0) (03.2.2.0.2) BA, N, UE
Housing, water, Actual rentals for hous- Actual rentals paid by Actual rentals paid by tenants for Rents payment (04.1.1.0.1) 3.656 110 26 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
electricity, gas ing (04.1) tenants for main residence main residence (04.1.1.0) BA, N, UE
and other fuels (04.1.1)
(04) Maintenance, repair Security equipment and Materials for the maintenance and Roofing sheets (04.3.1.1.1) 0.308 156 37 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
and security of the materials for the repair of the dwelling (04.3.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
dwelling (04.3) maintenance and repair of Iron rods (04.3.1.1.2) 0.084 311 36 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
the dwelling (04.3.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Cement (minor repairs) 0.377 103 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(04.3.1.1.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Cement blocks (04.3.1.1.4) 0.062 59 8 W, C, V, A, BA, UE,
UW
Paint (04.3.1.1.5) 0.679 370 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Windows/doors (04.3.1.1.6) 0.065 111 17 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE
Wood (04.3.1.1.7) 0.11 182 27 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Other materials for 0.513 26 11 W, C, V, A, BA, UE
maintenance (04.3.1.1.8)
Services for the mainte- Services for the maintenance, re- Labour for maintenance 0.032 32 6 V, A, BA, UE
nance, repair and security pair and security of the dwelling (04.3.2.0.1)
of the dwelling (04.3.2) (04.3.2.0)
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Housing, water, Water supply and Water supply (04.4.1) Water supply through network sys- Water supply (04.4.1.1.1) 0.247 11 6 W, V, A, BA, N
electricity, gas miscellaneous services tems (04.4.1.1)
and other fuels rela ng to the dwelling Water supply through other Re-sold tap water in 0.752 74 18 W, C, V, A, BA, N,
(04) (cont.) (04.4) systems (04.4.1.2) buckets/barrels/jerrycans UE
(04.4.1.2.1)
Refuse collec on (04.4.2) Refuse collec on (04.4.2.0) Refuse disposal (04.4.2.0.1) 0.153 8 6 W, C, A, BA, N, UE
Sewage collec on (04.4.3) Sewage collec on through sewer Sewage collec on (04.4.3.1.1) 0.032 5 4 W, V, UE, UW
systems (04.4.3.1)
Sewage collec on through onsite Public toilets fees (04.4.3.2.1) 0.285 49 23 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
sanita on systems (04.4.3.2) N, UE
Electricity, gas and Electricity (04.5.1) Electricity (04.5.1.0) Electricity (04.5.1.0.1) 0.622 6 3 A, N, UE
other fuels (04.5) Gas (04.5.2) Liquefied hydrocarbons (04.5.2.2) Gas (04.5.2.2.1) 0.494 36 16 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
N, UE, UW
Liquid fuels (04.5.3) Liquid fuels (04.5.3.0) Liquid fuel (04.5.3.0.1) 0.057 20 10 W, C, V, A, UE
Solid fuels (04.5.4) Wood fuel, including pellets and Solid fuels (firewood) 0.352 17 10 C, V, E, A, N, UE
brique es (04.5.4.2) (04.5.4.2.1)
Charcoal (04.5.4.3) Charcoal (04.5.4.3.1) 1.518 100 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE
Furnishings, Furniture, furnishings Furniture, furnishings and Household furniture (05.1.1.1) Foam ma ress (05.1.1.1.1) 0.131 101 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
household and loose carpets loose carpets (05.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
equipment and (05.1) Bedsteads (05.1.1.1.2) 0.064 137 31 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
rou ne BA, N, UE, UW
household Other furniture and furnishing 0.007 18 7 C, V, E, A, BA, N
maintenance items (05.1.1.1.3)
(05) Two doors wardrobe 0.018 61 20 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
(05.1.1.1.4) N, UE, UW
Chest of drawers (05.1.1.1.5) 0.013 43 14 W, C, V, A, BA, N,
UE
Chair (05.1.1.1.6) 0.019 124 29 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
N, UE, UW
Table (05.1.1.1.7) 0.016 93 26 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
N, UE, UW
Furnishings, loose carpets and rugs Wall clock (05.1.1.4.1) 0.014 24 15 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.1.1.4.1) BA, N, UW
Polypropylene carpet 0.026 84 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.1.1.4.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Woolen carpet (05.1.1.4.3) 0.014 29 12 W, C, GA, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Repair, installa on and hire Repair, installa on and hire of furni- Repairs of tables and chairs <0.001 20 8 W, C, A, BA, N, UE
of furniture, furnishings ture, furnishings and loose carpets (05.1.2.0.1)
and loose carpets (05.1.2) (05.1.2.0)
Household tex les Household tex les (05.2.1) Bed linen and bedding (05.2.1.2) Other household tex les 0.021 19 8 W, V, E, A, BA
(05.2) (05.2.1.2.1)
Curtain material (05.2.1.2.2) 0.032 34 13 C, GA, V, E, A, BA,
N, UE, UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Furnishings, Household tex les Household tex les (05.2.1) Bed linen and bedding (05.2.1.2) Bedsheet (05.2.1.2.3) 0.047 114 32 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
household (05.2) (cont.) (cont.) (cont.) BA, N, UE, UW
equipment and Blanket (05.2.1.2.4) 0.038 66 15 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
rou ne BA, N, UE, UW
household Towels (05.2.1.2.5) 0.043 97 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
maintenance BA, N, UE, UW
(05) (cont.) Household appliances Major household Major kitchen appliances Gas stove (05.3.1.1.1) 0.051 200 28 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.3) appliances, whether (05.3.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
electric or not (05.3.1) Refrigerators and freezers 0.047 124 23 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.3.1.1.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Major laundry appliances Washing machines (05.3.1.2.1) 0.035 57 16 W, GA, V, E, A, BA,
(05.3.1.2) N, UE, UW
Heaters, air condi oners (05.3.1.3) Air condi oners (05.3.1.3.1) 0.039 36 15 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Cleaning equipment (05.3.1.4) Broom (05.3.1.4.4) 0.039 99 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Other major household appliances Electric sewing machine 0.032 13 8 W, C, GA, E, A,
(05.3.1.9) (05.3.1.9.1) BA, N
Small household Small appliances for cooking and Rice cooker (05.3.2.1.1) 0.013 18 7 W, GA, E, A
appliances (05.3.2) processing of food (05.3.2.1) Toaster (05.3.2.1.2) 0.013 27 12 W, C, GA, V, BA, N
Blender (05.3.2.1.3) 0.02 88 27 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Small appliances for preparing Electric ke le (05.3.2.2.1) 0.02 73 22 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
beverages (05.3.2.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Other small electric household 0.006 10 6 W, V, A, BA, N, UE
appliances (05.3.2.2.3)
Other small household appliance Dry electric iron (05.3.2.9.1) 0.022 145 34 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.3.2.9) BA, N, UE, UW
Pedestal fan (05.3.2.9.2) 0.021 97 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Glassware, tableware Glassware, tableware and Glassware, crystal-ware, ceramic Cups and mugs (05.4.0.1.1) 0.059 117 31 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
and household utensils household utensils (05.4.0) ware and chinaware (05.4.0.1) N, UE, UW
(05.4) Cutlery, flatware and silverware Plates (05.4.0.2.1) 0.077 146 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.4.0.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Kitchen utensils and ar cles Aluminium cooking utensils 0.077 230 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.4.0.3) (05.4.0.3.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Tools and equipment Motorized tools and equip- Motorized tools and equipment Motorised tools and 0.003 15 6 W, C, A, BA, N, UE
for house and garden ment (05.5.1) (05.5.1.0) equipment (05.5.1.0.1)
(05.5) Non-motorized tools and Non-motorized tools (05.5.2.1) Vacuum cleaner (05.5.2.1.1) 0.001 5 3 W, A, N
miscellaneous accessories Mop and handle (05.5.2.1.2) 0.011 67 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(05.5.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Bucket (05.5.2.1.3) 0.011 77 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Cutlasses (05.5.2.1.4) 0.012 93 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Furnishings, Tools and equipment Non-motorized tools and Non-motorized tools (05.5.2.1) Shovel (Metal) (05.5.2.1.5) 0.012 108 37 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
household for house and garden miscellaneous accessories (cont.) BA, N, UE, UW
equipment and (05.5) (cont.) (05.5.2) (cont.) Rake (05.5.2.1.6) 0.01 33 17 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
rou ne BA, UE, UW
household Wheelbarrow (05.5.2.1.7) 0.012 75 31 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
maintenance BA, N, UE, UW
(05) (cont.) Non-motorized tools and Miscellaneous accessories Other ligh ng products 0.089 114 34 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
miscellaneous accessories (05.5.2.2) (cont. ) (05.5.2.2.1) BA, N, UE, UW
(05.5.2)
Light bulbs (05.5.2.2.2) 0.103 190 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Goods and services for Non-durable household Household cleaning and Disinfectants (05.6.1.1.1) 0.056 169 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
rou ne household goods (05.6.1) maintenance products (05.6.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
maintenance (05.6) Bleaches (05.6.1.1.2) 0.041 74 20 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE
Washing powder (05.6.1.1.3) 0.541 444 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Washing soap (05.6.1.1.4) 1 300 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Other non-durable household Insec cides sprays (05.6.1.9.1) 0.082 217 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
goods (05.6.1.9) BA, N, UE, UW
Matches (05.6.1.9.2) 0.023 113 37 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
N, UE, UW
Other non-durable household Other non-durable goods 0.016 140 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
goods (05.6.1.9) (05.6.1.9.3) BA, N, UE, UW
Shoe polish (05.6.1.9.4) 0.017 134 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Other non-durable household Candle (05.6.1.9.5) 0.017 116 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
goods (05.6.1.9) BA, N, UE, UW
Insec cides coil (05.6.1.9.6) 0.082 153 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Domes c services and Domes c services by paid staff Domes c services and 0.01 2 2 A, UE
household services (05.6.2) (05.6.2.1) household services (05.6.2.1.1)
Health (06) Medicines and health Medicines (06.1.1) Medicines, vaccines and other An bio cs (06.1.1.1.1) 0.107 845 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
products (06.1) pharmaceu cal prepara ons BA, N, UE, UW
(06.1.1.1) An -malaria (06.1.1.1.2) 0.078 160 30 W, C, GA, A, BA,
N, UE, UW
Pain killers (06.1.1.1.3) 0.1 277 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Herbal medicines and homeopathic Tradi onal Ghanaian drugs 0.067 176 30 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
products (06.1.1.2) (06.1.1.2.1) N, UE, UW
Medical products (06.1.2) Medical diagnos c products Other medical products 0.048 358 41 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(06.1.2.1) (06.1.2.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Preven on and protec ve devices Contracep ves (06.1.2.2.1) 0.022 248 44 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(06.1.2.2) BA, N, UE, UW
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Health (06) Medicines and health Assis ve products (06.1.3) Assis ve products for vision Eye specialist (06.1.3.1.1) 0.002 12 5 W, C, V, E, A
(cont.) products (06.1) (cont.) (06.1.3.1)
Outpa ent care Preven ve care services Dental preven ve services Cost of public dental services 0.002 66 15 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
services (06.2) (06.2.1) (06.2.2.1) (06.2.2.1.1) N, UE, UW
Other outpa ent care ser- Outpa ent cura ve and rehabilita- Doctor’s consul ng fee 0.218 131 26 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
vices (06.2.3) ve services (06.2.3.1) (06.2.3.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Inpa ent care services Inpa ent cura ve and reha- Inpa ent cura ve and rehabilita- Hospital services (bed 0.086 19 10 W, C, GA, V, A, N
(06.3) bilita ve services (06.3.1) ve services (06.3.1.0) occupancy) (06.3.1.0.1)
Other health services Diagnos c imaging Diagnos c imaging services and Laboratory test (06.4.1.0.1) 0.009 76 23 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(06.4) services and medical medical laboratory services BA, N, UE, UW
laboratory services (06.4.1) (06.4.1.0) X-rays (06.4.1.0.2) 0.006 21 11 W, GA, V, E, A, N
Transport (07) Purchase of vehicles Motor cars (07.1.1) New motor cars (07.1.1.1) New car (07.1.1.1.1) 0.558 18 3 GA, A, N
(07.1) Second-hand motor cars (07.1.1.2) Second-hand car (07.1.1.2.1) 0.416 26 2 W, A
Motorcycles (07.1.2) Motorcycles (07.1.2.0) Purchase of new and 0.419 46 12 W, GA, V, A, BA,
second-hand motor cycles N, UE, UW
(07.1.2.0.1)
Bicycles (07.1.3) Bicycles (07.1.3.0) Purchase of new bicycles 0.027 22 9 W, C, GA, E, A, N,
(07.1.3.0.1) UE
Opera on of personal Parts and accessories for Tyres (07.2.1.1) Purchase of re (07.2.1.1.1) 0.06 59 17 W, GA, V, E, A, BA,
transport equipment personal transport N, UE, UW
(07.2) equipment (07.2.1) Parts for personal transport Car ba ery (07.2.1.2.1) 0.02 38 11 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
equipment (07.2.1.2) N, UE
Spark plug (07.2.1.2.2) 0.054 20 10 W, C, V, E, A, N
Fuels and lubricants for Diesel (07.2.2.1) Diesel (07.2.2.1.1) 0.147 77 30 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
personal transport BA, N, UE
equipment (07.2.2) Petrol (07.2.2.2) Petrol (07.2.2.2.1) 1.49 101 32 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Lubricants (07.2.2.4) Lubricants (07.2.2.4.1) 0.087 131 26 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE
Maintenance and repair of Maintenance and repair of Motor maintenance, repair 0.116 150 25 W, C, GA, V, A,
personal transport personal transport equipment and other service charges BA, N, UE
equipment (07.2.3) (07.2.3.0) (07.2.3.0.1)
Parking space and other <0.001 6 2 N, UE
services (07.2.3.0.4)
Other services in respect of Driving lessons, tests, licences, and Driver’s lesson fees (07.2.4.3.1) 0.013 20 8 W, V, A, BA, N,
personal transport equip- road worthiness tests (07.2.4.3) UE, UW
ment (07.2.4)
Passenger transport Passenger transport by Passenger transport by bus and Bus and trotro fares 5.758 149 33 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
services (07.3) road (07.3.2) coach (07.3.2.1) (07.3.2.1.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Passenger transport by taxi and Taxi fares (07.3.2.2.1) 0.729 54 23 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
hired car with driver (07.3.2.2) N, UE
Car hiring (07.3.2.2.2) 0.074 10 3 W, A, UW
Passenger transport by air Passenger transport by air, domes- Cost of travel by air (07.3.3.1.1) 0.233 19 4 W, GA, A, N
(07.3.3) c (07.3.3.1)
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(COICOP02) prices markets
Transport (07) Passenger transport Passenger transport by Passenger transport by sea and in- Cost of travel by ferries and 0.003 4 1 V
(cont.) services (07.3) (cont.) sea and inland waterway land waterway (07.3.4.0) canoes (07.3.4.0.1)
(07.3.4)
Transport services of Postal and courier services Le er handling services (07.4.1.1) Postal services (07.4.1.1.1) 0.118 61 18 W, C, V, A, BA, N,
goods (07.4) (07.4.1) UE, UW
Courier and parcel delivery services Cost Of luggage and items 0.002 2 1 W
(07.4.1.2) transported unaccompanied
(07.4.1.2.1)
Informa on Informa on and Fixed telephone Fixed telephone equipment Telephones handset 0.013 6 5 W, C, A, BA, N
and communica on equipment (08.1.1) (08.1.1.0) (08.1.1.0.1)
communica on equipment (08.1) Mobile telephone Mobile telephone equipment Mobile phones (08.1.2.0.1) 1.531 446 35 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(08) equipment (08.1.2) (08.1.2.0) BA, N, UE, UW
Informa on processing Computers, laptops and tablets Personal computers (desktop 0.259 88 12 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
equipment (08.1.3) (08.1.3.1) and notebook) (08.1.3.1.1) BA, N, UE
Peripheral equipment and its con- Other electronic informa on 0.154 117 26 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
sumable components (08.1.3.2) processing products BA, N, UE, UW
(08.1.3.2.1)
Equipment for the recep- Equipment for the recep on, Radios DVD players, etc 1.179 141 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
on, recording and repro- recording and reproduc on of (08.1.4.0.1) BA, N, UE, UW
duc on of sound and vision sound and vision (08.1.4.0)
(08.1.4)
Informa on and Mobile communica on ser- Mobile communica on services Prepaid phone card (incl. SMS 0.085 7 1 BA
communica on vices (08.3.2) (08.3.2.0) and data bundles) (08.3.2.0.1)
services (08.3) Internet access provision Internet access provision services Other communica on charges 0.311 34 16 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
services and net storage and net storage services (08.3.3.0) (internet) (08.3.3.0.1) BA, N, UE
services (08.3.3)
Repair and rental of infor- Repair and rental of informa on Repair of phones and fax 0.152 186 14 W, C, V, A, BA, N,
ma on and communica on and communica on equipment machines (08.3.5.0.1) UE, UW
equipment (08.3.5) (08.3.5.0)
Recrea on, Other recrea onal Equipment for camping and Equipment for camping and open- Equipment for sport, camping 0.017 30 12 W, V, E, A, BA, N,
sport and goods (09.2) open-air recrea on (09.2.2) air recrea on (09.2.2.2) and open-air recrea on UE
culture (09) (09.2.2.2.1)
Garden products and Garden products, plants Plants, seeds and flowers (09.3.1.2) Gardens, plants and glowers 0.008 6 4 V, A, BA, N
pets (09.3) and flowers (09.3.1) (09.3.1.2.1)
Pets and products for pets Products for pets and other house- Pets and related products 0.032 35 13 W, GA, V, E, A, BA,
(09.3.2) hold animals (09.3.2.2) (09.3.2.2.2) N, UE, UW
Recrea onal services Recrea onal and spor ng Spor ng services - a endance Games of chance (09.4.6.3.1) 0.089 12 5 W, C, E, A, N
(09.4) services (09.4.6) (09.4.6.3)
Cultural services (09.6) Services provided by Services provided by cinemas, Cinema/cultural services 0.269 7 3 A, BA, UE
cinemas, theatres and theatres and concert venues (09.6.1.0.1)
concert venues (09.6.1) (09.6.1.0) Musical instrument 0.272 39 7 W, E, A, BA, N, UE
(09.6.1.0.2)
Newspapers, books Books (09.7.1) Educa onal and text books English textbook (09.7.1.1.1) 1.338 134 28 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
and sta onary (09.7) (09.7.1.1) BA, N, UE, UW
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Division Group (COICOP03) Class (COICOP04) Subclass (COICOP05) Item (COICOP06) Weight N N Collected in*
(COICOP02) prices markets
Recrea on, Newspapers, books Books (09.7.1) (cont.) Educa onal and text books Mathema cal textbook 0.914 113 27 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
sport and and sta onary (09.7) (09.7.1.1) (cont.) (09.7.1.1.2) BA, N, UE, UW
culture (09) (cont.) Dic onary (09.7.1.1.3) 0.175 81 27 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(cont.) BA, N, UE, UW
Newspapers and periodi- Newspapers (09.7.2.1) Newspapers and periodicals 0.031 66 10 W, C, A, BA, N, UE
cals (09.7.2) (09.7.2.1.1)
Sta onery and drawing Sta onery and drawing materials Sta onery and drawing 0.186 359 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
materials (09.7.4) (09.7.4.0) materials (09.7.4.0.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Other sta onary materials 0.167 207 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(09.7.4.0.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Educa on Early childhood and pri- Early childhood and pri- Primary educa on (10.1.0.2) Pre-primary and primary 2.023 192 28 W, C, GA, V, A,
services (10) mary educa on (10.1) mary educa on (10.1.0) educa on (10.1.0.2.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Secondary educa on Secondary educa on Secondary educa on (10.2.0.0) Public/private secondary 3.041 214 32 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(10.2) (10.2.0) school fees (SSS) (10.2.0.0.1) BA, N, UE, UW
Post-secondary non- Post-secondary non- Post-secondary non-ter ary educa- Post-secondary non-ter ary 0.069 3 2 A, N
ter ary educa on ter ary educa on (10.3.0) on (10.3.0.0) educa on (10.3.0.0.1)
(10.3)
Ter ary educa on Ter ary educa on (10.4.0) Ter ary educa on (10.4.0.0) University fees (10.4.0.0.1) 1.097 53 9 W, C, GA, V, A,
(10.4) BA, UE
Educa on not defined Educa on not defined by Other educa on not defined by Educa on not definable by 0.4 67 22 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
by level (10.5) level (10.5.0) level (10.5.0.9) level (10.5.0.9.1) N, UE
Restaurant ac- Food and beverage Restaurants, cafés and the Restaurants, cafés and the like – Restaurants, cafes and the like 0.362 41 7 W, C, V, A, BA,
commoda on serving services (11.1) like (11.1.1) with full service (11.1.1.1) (11.1.1.1.2) UW
services (11) Accommoda on ser- Accommoda on services Accommoda on services of board- Accommoda on (hotel) 2.343 103 25 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
vices (11.2) (11.2.0) ing schools, universi es and (11.2.0.3.1) N, UE, UW
other educa onal establishments
(11.2.0.3)
Hostel dormitory 0.522 7 4 W, C, V, A
accommoda on (11.2.0.3.2)
Insurance and Insurance (12.1) Life and accident insurance Life and accident insurance Life insurance (12.1.1.0.1) 0.014 4 2 W, A
financial (12.1.1) (12.1.1.0)
services (12) Insurance connected with Insurance connected with health Insurance connected with 0.052 9 4 V, A, UE
health (12.1.2) (12.1.2.0) health (12.1.2.0.1)
Insurance connected with Insurance connected with trans- Insurance connected with 0.1 24 9 W, C, E, A, BA
transport (12.1.4) port (12.1.4.0) transport (12.1.4.0.1)
Insurance (12.2) Other financial services Other financial services n.e.c. Other financial services 0.074 17 8 W, C, A, BA, UE
(12.2.9) (12.2.9.9) (including mobile money)
(12.2.9.9.1)
Personal care, Personal care (13.1) Electric appliances for per- Electric appliances for personal Electric appliances for personal 0.022 15 6 W, C, E, A, N, UW
social sonal care (13.1.1) care (13.1.1.1) care (13.1.1.1.1)
protec on and Other appliances, ar cles Other appliances, ar cles and Toilet rolls (13.1.2.0.0) 0.16 340 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
miscellaneous and products for personal products for personal care BA, N, UE, UW
goods and care (13.1.2) (13.1.2.0) Sanitary pad (tampon) 0.196 229 39 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
services (13) (13.1.2.0.1) BA, N, UE, UW
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Division Group (COICOP03) Class (COICOP04) Subclass (COICOP05) Item (COICOP06) Weight N N Collected in*
(COICOP02) prices markets
Personal care, Personal care (13.1) Other appliances, ar cles Other appliances, ar cles and Baby diapers and wipes 0.024 19 6 W, V, A
social (cont.) and products for personal products for personal care (13.1.2.0.2)
protec on and care (13.1.2) (cont.) (13.1.2.0) (cont.) Bathing/toilet soap (13.1.2.0.3) 0.521 685 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
miscellaneous BA, N, UE, UW
goods and Skin powder (talcum) 0.035 167 37 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
services (13) (13.1.2.0.4) BA, N, UE, UW
(cont.) Disposable razor (13.1.2.0.5) 0.03 226 40 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Body lo on/cream (13.1.2.0.6) 0.199 164 40 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Deodorant (13.1.2.0.7) 0.104 268 37 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Toothpaste (13.1.2.0.8) 0.282 645 43 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Leather wallet (13.1.2.0.9) 0.005 5 4 W, C, A, N
Hairdressing salons and Hairdressing (13.1.3.1) Lady hairdressing (13.1.3.1.1) 0.489 551 42 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
personal grooming BA, N, UE, UW
establishments (13.1.3) Men’s haircut (13.1.3.1.2) 0.162 122 38 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
BA, N, UE, UW
Mesh (human/synthe c) 0.092 167 31 W, C, V, E, A, BA,
(13.1.3.1.3) N, UE, UW
Other personal effects Jewellery and watches Jewellery and watches (13.2.1.1) Jewellery (13.2.1.1.1) 0.016 9 4 W, V, A, UW
(13.2) (13.2.1) Watches (13.2.1.1.2) 0.026 45 11 W, C, A, BA, N,
UW
Devo onal ar cles and ar - Devo onal ar cles and ar cles for Prin ng of picture (13.2.2.0.1) 0.003 23 9 W, E, A, BA, N, UE
cles for religious and ritual religious and ritual celebra ons
celebra ons (13.2.2) (13.2.2.0)
Other personal effects Travel goods and ar cles for babies Other personal effects 0.028 98 24 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
n.e.c. (13.2.9) and other personal effects n.e.c. (13.2.9.1.2) BA, N, UE, UW
(13.2.9.1)
Other services (13.9) Other services (13.9.0) Other services n.e.c. (13.9.0.9) Other services n.e.c. 0.08 175 29 W, C, GA, V, E, A,
(13.9.0.9.2) BA, N, UE, UW
Table A.3 Table summarizing the regional weight for the Items. ”N” indicates the number of prices collected every month. Jindicates the weighted mean of the weight,
⋅ ⋅
calculated as: J =

Item Western Central Greater Accra Volta Eastern Ashan Brong Ahafo Northern Upper East Upper West
1 Imported rice (01.1.1.1.2) N = 68 N = 87 N = 100 N = 65 N = 52 N = 68 N = 92 N = 51 N = 41 N = 48
J= 0.1811 J= 0.1900 J= 0.6239 J= 0.0507 J= 0.2265 J= 0.3569 J= 0.1095 J= 0.0273 J= 0.0117 J= 0.0108
2 Guinea corn/sorghum N = 13 N=6 N = 12 N = 13 N=5 N = 12 N = 23 N = 23 N = 21 N = 20
(01.1.1.1.3) J= 0.0006 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0069 J= 0.0024 J= 0.0057
3 Millet (01.1.1.1.5) N=6 N = 10 N = 17 N = 10 N = 16 N=3 N = 14 N = 12 N=3
J= 0.0005 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0062 J= 0.0094 J= 0.0194
4 Maize (01.1.1.1.6) N = 17 N = 16 N = 15 N = 12 N = 16 N = 11 N = 22 N = 24 N = 21 N = 21
J= 0.0187 J= 0.0221 J= 0.0609 J= 0.0747 J= 0.0223 J= 0.0150 J= 0.0308 J= 0.0666 J= 0.0265 J= 0.0304
5 Local rice (01.1.1.1.9) N = 23 N=6 N=6 N = 11 N=6 N = 25 N = 46 N = 15 N = 23 N=3
J= 0.0306 J= 0.0548 J= 0.1104 J= 0.0563 J= 0.0177 J= 0.0659 J= 0.0327 J= 0.0860 J= 0.0203 J= 0.0212
6 Wheat flour (01.1.1.2.1) N=8 N = 15 N=8 N=4 N=5 N=6 N=4 N=4 N=1
J= 0.0024 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0102 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0024
7 Corn dough/corn flour N = 13 N = 16 N = 15 N=6 N = 20 N = 14 N = 20 N = 13 N = 11 N = 10
(01.1.1.2.6) J= 0.0271 J= 0.0593 J= 0.1787 J= 0.0275 J= 0.0604 J= 0.0735 J= 0.0196 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0046
8 Bread (01.1.1.3.1) N = 42 N = 20 N = 10 N = 18 N = 21 N = 48 N = 44 N = 20 N = 34 N = 17
J= 0.1158 J= 0.1026 J= 0.5613 J= 0.0525 J= 0.1331 J= 0.2145 J= 0.0602 J= 0.0681 J= 0.0140 J= 0.0200
9 Biscuit (01.1.1.3.9) N = 100 N = 62 N = 71 N = 84 N = 83 N = 51 N = 97 N = 55 N = 83 N = 42
J= 0.0142 J= 0.0221 J= 0.1200 J= 0.0062 J= 0.0187 J= 0.0381 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0077 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0012
10 Other breakfast cereal N = 37 N = 31 N = 45 N = 26 N = 22 N = 47 N = 39 N = 26 N = 21 N = 14
(01.1.1.4.0) J= 0.0034 J= 0.0087 J= 0.0333 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0178 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0003
11 Instant noodles/pasta N = 54 N = 34 N = 61 N = 28 N = 43 N = 72 N = 46 N = 45 N = 24 N = 20
(01.1.1.5.0) J= 0.0034 J= 0.0091 J= 0.0531 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0087 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0003
12 Live poultry (01.1.2.1.4) N=9 N = 12 N = 11 N = 16 N=3 N = 19 N = 21 N = 11 N = 24 N = 22
J= 0.0086 J= 0.0102 J= 0.1123 J= 0.0257 J= 0.0322 J= 0.0762 J= 0.0116 J= 0.0294 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0066
13 Snail (01.1.2.1.9) N = 12 N=4 N=7 N=4 N=5 N=4
J= 0.0070 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0010
14 Beef (01.1.2.2.1) N = 33 N = 25 N = 16 N=9 N = 11 N = 33 N = 44 N = 25 N = 27 N = 14
J= 0.0586 J= 0.0602 J= 0.2157 J= 0.0321 J= 0.0930 J= 0.2129 J= 0.1002 J= 0.0549 J= 0.0106 J= 0.0144
15 Pork (01.1.2.2.2) N = 13 N=3 N=5 N=3 N=4 N=8 N=1 N = 13
J= 0.0017 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0111 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0006
16 Goat meat (01.1.2.2.3) N = 20 N = 10 N = 11 N=3 N=2 N = 16 N = 35 N=6 N = 24 N=2
J= 0.0056 J= 0.0127 J= 0.0611 J= 0.0050 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0215 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0105 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0011
17 Chicken (01.1.2.2.4) N = 34 N = 12 N = 19 N = 24 N = 17 N = 28 N = 44 N=7 N = 19 N=4
J= 0.0611 J= 0.0436 J= 0.2899 J= 0.0408 J= 0.0526 J= 0.1037 J= 0.0614 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0025
18 Dog meat (01.1.2.3.3) N=3
J= 0.0010
19 Bush meat (01.1.2.3.9) N=1 N=4 N=3 N=3
J= 0.0066 J= 0.0092 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0138
20 Sausage (01.1.2.5.1) N=1 N=5 N=2 N=9 N=1 N=1
J= 0.0000 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000
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 Item Western Central Greater Accra Volta Eastern Ashan Brong Ahafo Northern Upper East Upper West
21 Corned beef (01.1.2.5.2) N = 37 N = 27 N = 58 N = 16 N = 17 N = 56 N = 30 N = 18 N = 15 N=6
J= 0.0012 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0219 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0056 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000
22 Tilapia (01.1.3.1.1) N=1 N=6 N=1 N=3 N=2 N=1
J= 0.0112 J= 0.0376 J= 0.0728 J= 0.0078 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0007
23 Fish (sea) (01.1.3.1.2) N = 12 N=1 N=5 N=6 N = 16 N=2 N = 14 N=2 N=1 N=1
J= 0.1479 J= 0.1304 J= 0.3309 J= 0.0709 J= 0.1043 J= 0.1477 J= 0.0400 J= 0.0318 J= 0.0269 J= 0.0098
24 Smoked herrings N = 18 N=8 N=8 N = 11 N = 25 N = 18 N = 18 N = 10 N = 13 N=8
(01.1.3.2.1) J= 0.2172 J= 0.0797 J= 0.4033 J= 0.0543 J= 0.1652 J= 0.2434 J= 0.0849 J= 0.0338 J= 0.0276 J= 0.0071
25 Fish (river) (01.1.3.2.2) N = 12 N = 10 N = 11 N = 13 N=4 N = 12 N = 17 N = 11 N=4 N=4
J= 0.0677 J= 0.0365 J= 0.3199 J= 0.1110 J= 0.1119 J= 0.1584 J= 0.1216 J= 0.0388 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0043
26 Dried fish - N = 23 N = 22 N = 11 N = 18 N = 11 N = 17 N = 26 N=7 N=5 N=4
koobi/momoni J= 0.0230 J= 0.0331 J= 0.0484 J= 0.0106 J= 0.0328 J= 0.0269 J= 0.0121 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0003
(01.1.3.2.9)
27 Tuna in vegetable oil N = 26 N = 22 N = 20 N = 14 N = 20 N = 21 N = 21 N = 11 N = 13 N = 18
(01.1.3.3.1) J= 0.0142 J= 0.0124 J= 0.0422 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0195 J= 0.0191 J= 0.0075 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0006
28 Mackerel tn tomato N = 60 N = 43 N = 36 N = 26 N = 31 N = 63 N = 58 N = 50 N = 29 N = 18
sauce (01.1.3.3.2) J= 0.0068 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0224 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0219 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0001
29 Sardines in vegetable oil N = 63 N = 46 N = 74 N = 59 N = 47 N = 65 N = 65 N = 43 N = 23 N = 14
(01.1.3.3.4) J= 0.0065 J= 0.0059 J= 0.0221 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0234 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
30 Fish fried (01.1.3.3.9) N=6 N=2 N=1 N=1
J= 0.0090 J= 0.0135 J= 0.0049 J= 0.0003
31 Shrimps (01.1.3.4.1) N=5 N=1 N=1 N=1 N=2
J= 0.0030 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0065 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0002
32 Crab (01.1.3.4.2) N=6 N=1 N=3 N=1 N=1
J= 0.0030 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0065
33 Evaporated milk N = 48 N = 51 N = 72 N = 63 N = 55 N = 94 N = 78 N = 47 N = 35 N = 45
(01.1.4.3.1) J= 0.0164 J= 0.0187 J= 0.1363 J= 0.0071 J= 0.0258 J= 0.0312 J= 0.0065 J= 0.0147 J= 0.0024 J= 0.0042
34 Powdered milk N = 73 N = 59 N = 68 N = 45 N = 55 N = 80 N = 69 N = 30 N = 57 N = 38
(01.1.4.3.2) J= 0.0092 J= 0.0111 J= 0.0581 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0133 J= 0.0186 J= 0.0050 J= 0.0049 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0008
35 Ice cream (01.1.4.6.0) N = 32 N = 20 N = 22 N = 15 N = 48 N = 31 N = 17 N = 23 N=2
J= 0.0105 J= 0.0128 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0144 J= 0.0134 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0017
36 Chicken eggs (01.1.4.8.1) N = 14 N = 12 N=5 N=9 N = 10 N = 18 N = 15 N = 11 N = 12 N=5
J= 0.0196 J= 0.0256 J= 0.1859 J= 0.0087 J= 0.0367 J= 0.0444 J= 0.0109 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0015
37 Sunflower cooking oil N=1 N = 18 N=1
(01.1.5.1.1) J= 0.0063 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0075
38 Palm oil (red oil) N = 19 N = 26 N = 10 N = 15 N = 16 N = 24 N = 25 N = 12 N = 16 N = 10
(01.1.5.1.2) J= 0.0070 J= 0.0142 J= 0.0282 J= 0.0108 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0110 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0088 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0023
39 Groundnut oil N=7 N=1 N=3 N=1 N=7 N=6 N=5
(01.1.5.1.5) J= 0.0057 J= 0.0070 J= 0.0067 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0045 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0012
40 Coconut oil (01.1.5.1.6) N=7 N=9 N=8 N=7 N=7 N=2 N=1
J= 0.0055 J= 0.0070 J= 0.0133 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0072 J= 0.0062 J= 0.0006
41 Vegetable oil (01.1.5.1.9) N = 20 N = 14 N = 25 N = 14 N = 21 N = 29 N = 16 N = 11 N = 12 N = 12
J= 0.0442 J= 0.0538 J= 0.1629 J= 0.0292 J= 0.0577 J= 0.0851 J= 0.0365 J= 0.0541 J= 0.0140 J= 0.0134
42 Margarine (01.1.5.3.0) N = 17 N = 15 N = 19 N = 11 N = 18 N = 21 N = 19 N = 15 N = 12 N = 10
J= 0.0035 J= 0.0071 J= 0.0147 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0075 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0011
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 Item Western Central Greater Accra Volta Eastern Ashan Brong Ahafo Northern Upper East Upper West
43 Avocado pear (01.1.6.1.1) N=6 N=2 N=2 N=3 N=6 N=1 N=2 N=1
J= 0.0016 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0297 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
44 Banana (01.1.6.1.2) N=9 N=6 N=8 N = 10 N=6 N = 15 N = 11 N=9 N=7 N=3
J= 0.0071 J= 0.0141 J= 0.1109 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0091 J= 0.0142 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0001
45 Mango (01.1.6.1.5) N=6 N=3 N=8 N=1 N=4 N=6 N=2 N = 11
J= 0.0016 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0297 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0010
46 Pawpaw (01.1.6.1.6) N=5 N=4 N=5 N=3 N=5 N=3 N=2
J= 0.0016 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0297 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0010
47 Pineapple (01.1.6.1.7) N=9 N = 10 N=9 N = 10 N=8 N = 15 N = 10 N=3 N=6 N=3
J= 0.0015 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0297 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
48 Coconut (fresh) N=6 N=5 N=1 N=2 N=2 N=9 N=7 N=5 N=3
(01.1.6.1.8) J= 0.0016 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0016
49 Lime (01.1.6.2.2) N=6 N=4 N=7 N=1 N=7 N=1 N=1 N=1 N=3
J= 0.0010 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0086 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0052 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0000
50 Oranges (fruit) N = 12 N=7 N = 12 N=8 N=6 N = 19 N = 16 N=8 N = 11 N=8
(01.1.6.2.3) J= 0.0041 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0267 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0002
51 Apples (foreign) N=6 N=6 N=4 N=1 N=5 N = 13 N=9 N=3 N=3 N=2
(01.1.6.3.1) J= 0.0016 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0297 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0001
52 Sweet apple (01.1.6.3.9) N=2 N=2
J= 0.0016 J= 0.0061
53 Grapes (01.1.6.5.1) N=4 N=1 N=2
J= 0.0016 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0011
54 Watermelon (01.1.6.5.4) N=9 N=5 N=2 N=5 N = 11 N=4 N=6 N=8 N=5
J= 0.0035 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0064 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0002
55 Palm fruits (01.1.6.5.9) N = 17 N = 15 N = 11 N = 10 N=9 N = 16 N = 17 N=8 N = 12 N=3
J= 0.0084 J= 0.0163 J= 0.0311 J= 0.0096 J= 0.0131 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0001
56 Cashew (01.1.6.8.2) N=2
J= 0.0001
57 Groundnuts (shelled) N = 18 N = 11 N = 15 N=8 N = 12 N = 13 N = 17 N=7 N = 12 N=2
(01.1.6.8.8) J= 0.0013 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0013
58 Cabbage (01.1.7.1.2) N=3
J= 0.0018
59 Cocoyam leaves N = 15 N = 15 N = 16 N=6 N=9 N = 20 N = 17 N = 11 N = 11 N=3
(kontomire)/alefu J= 0.0027 J= 0.0072 J= 0.0383 J= 0.0056 J= 0.0125 J= 0.0139 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0091 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0007
(01.1.7.1.9)
60 Green pepper (fresh) N = 24 N = 20 N = 11 N = 12 N = 31 N = 34 N = 26 N = 16 N = 12 N = 11
(01.1.7.2.1) J= 0.0081 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0249 J= 0.0077 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0149 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0069 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0017
61 Garden eggs (01.1.7.2.3) N = 17 N = 16 N = 13 N = 10 N = 17 N = 22 N = 20 N = 13 N = 11 N = 11
J= 0.0235 J= 0.0287 J= 0.0864 J= 0.0122 J= 0.0382 J= 0.0456 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0018
62 Tomatoes (fresh) N = 17 N = 16 N = 16 N=8 N = 23 N = 25 N = 21 N = 13 N = 12 N = 11
(01.1.7.2.4) J= 0.0560 J= 0.0775 J= 0.3379 J= 0.0482 J= 0.1085 J= 0.1557 J= 0.0447 J= 0.0340 J= 0.0137 J= 0.0230
63 Okro (fresh) (01.1.7.2.6) N = 17 N = 16 N = 10 N=9 N = 20 N = 20 N = 21 N = 11 N = 12 N=8
J= 0.0105 J= 0.0195 J= 0.1044 J= 0.0224 J= 0.0320 J= 0.0285 J= 0.0202 J= 0.0263 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0165
64 Dried pepper (red) N = 20 N = 20 N=2 N = 14 N = 24 N = 19 N = 20 N = 21 N=8 N=7
(01.1.7.2.7) J= 0.0314 J= 0.0369 J= 0.1275 J= 0.0206 J= 0.0206 J= 0.0526 J= 0.0179 J= 0.0165 J= 0.0155 J= 0.0024
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65 Beans (01.1.7.3.1) N = 19 N = 12 N = 18 N = 11 N = 19 N = 19 N = 18 N = 14 N = 12 N=5
J= 0.0025 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0176 J= 0.0150 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0051 J= 0.0070 J= 0.0139 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0046
66 Bambara beans N=4 N = 10 N=3 N=3
(01.1.7.3.2) J= 0.0009 J= 0.0038 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0020
67 Carrot (01.1.7.4.1) N = 13 N=8 N=2 N=1 N = 12 N=9 N=7 N=9 N=4 N=4
J= 0.0018 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0216 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0087 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0017
68 Garlic (01.1.7.4.2) N = 17 N = 14 N = 10 N=6 N = 15 N = 23 N = 17 N = 12 N=9 N=8
J= 0.0028 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0230 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0084 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0010
69 Onions (large) N = 18 N = 16 N = 16 N = 10 N = 24 N = 21 N = 21 N = 12 N = 12 N = 11
(01.1.7.4.3) J= 0.0637 J= 0.0616 J= 0.1779 J= 0.0373 J= 0.0682 J= 0.1076 J= 0.0455 J= 0.0320 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0105
70 Cassava (fresh) N = 18 N = 15 N = 10 N=9 N = 17 N = 15 N = 17 N=5 N=9 N=1
(01.1.7.5.3) J= 0.0388 J= 0.0453 J= 0.1057 J= 0.0199 J= 0.0668 J= 0.0659 J= 0.0289 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
71 Yam (01.1.7.5.4) N = 28 N = 17 N = 14 N = 12 N = 18 N = 33 N = 20 N = 21 N = 11 N=9
J= 0.0360 J= 0.0462 J= 0.2923 J= 0.0601 J= 0.1039 J= 0.1698 J= 0.0801 J= 0.0283 J= 0.0062 J= 0.0232
72 Cocoyam (01.1.7.5.6) N = 12 N=4 N=4 N=5 N=9 N = 12 N=9 N=6
J= 0.0043 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0316 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0204 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0004
73 Plantain (green) N = 18 N = 15 N = 11 N=9 N = 20 N = 21 N = 18 N=5 N=8 N=3
(01.1.7.5.7) J= 0.0425 J= 0.0536 J= 0.1706 J= 0.0126 J= 0.0989 J= 0.1198 J= 0.0285 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0005
74 Cassava - kokonte/dough N = 17 N = 29 N = 18 N = 18 N = 39 N = 21 N = 36 N = 18 N = 17 N = 10
(01.1.7.9.1) J= 0.0236 J= 0.0449 J= 0.1241 J= 0.0294 J= 0.0465 J= 0.0385 J= 0.0152 J= 0.0310 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0028
75 Gari (01.1.7.9.8) N = 22 N = 20 N = 13 N = 10 N = 22 N = 18 N = 21 N = 16 N = 16 N=9
J= 0.0101 J= 0.0200 J= 0.0560 J= 0.0241 J= 0.0292 J= 0.0184 J= 0.0064 J= 0.0139 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0017
76 Tomato paste (01.1.7.9.9) N = 62 N = 51 N = 43 N = 37 N = 41 N = 64 N = 51 N = 45 N = 36 N = 18
J= 0.0442 J= 0.0567 J= 0.1290 J= 0.0296 J= 0.0591 J= 0.0660 J= 0.0450 J= 0.0244 J= 0.0070 J= 0.0067
77 Sugar (01.1.8.1.1) N = 31 N = 30 N = 36 N = 20 N = 26 N = 50 N = 29 N = 17 N = 22 N = 20
J= 0.0127 J= 0.0135 J= 0.0443 J= 0.0145 J= 0.0152 J= 0.0145 J= 0.0109 J= 0.0306 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0080
78 Honey (01.1.8.3.1) N=3 N=4 N=3 N=1 N=3 N = 14 N=2 N=4 N=4
J= 0.0029 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0127 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0051 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0009
79 Sheabu er (01.1.8.4.0) N=8 N=3 N=2 N=6 N = 15 N = 11 N = 11 N = 12 N=5
J= 0.0053 J= 0.0070 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0069 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0050 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0012
80 Groundnuts paste N=6
(01.1.8.4.1) J= 0.0264
81 Chocolate (01.1.8.5.1) N=8 N = 13 N=1 N = 10 N = 11 N = 18 N = 10 N=7 N=9 N=3
J= 0.0005 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0143 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0003
82 Milo/cocoa powder N = 35 N = 46 N = 68 N = 31 N = 25 N = 58 N = 49 N = 30 N = 31 N = 28
(01.1.8.5.3) J= 0.0162 J= 0.0348 J= 0.0951 J= 0.0103 J= 0.0214 J= 0.0313 J= 0.0124 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0025
83 Chewing gum (01.1.8.9.9) N = 23 N = 35 N = 13 N = 29 N = 11 N = 35 N = 45 N = 26 N = 30 N = 18
J= 0.0001 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0001
84 Kenkey with fried fish N=9 N = 15 N = 15 N = 13 N=2 N = 18 N=8 N = 10 N = 15 N=9
(01.1.9.1.2) J= 0.0401 J= 0.0426 J= 0.2740 J= 0.0306 J= 0.0568 J= 0.2222 J= 0.0488 J= 0.0204 J= 0.0072 J= 0.0040
85 Cooked rice (01.1.9.1.3) N=7 N=9 N = 17 N = 11 N=1 N = 12 N = 14 N = 12 N = 14 N = 11
J= 0.1184 J= 0.1221 J= 0.9912 J= 0.0848 J= 0.1580 J= 0.4532 J= 0.1438 J= 0.0641 J= 0.0189 J= 0.0101
86 Fried plantain and beans N=3 N=2 N=1 N=3 N=5 N=3 N=7 N=1
(01.1.9.1.4) J= 0.0476 J= 0.0578 J= 0.5011 J= 0.0350 J= 0.2115 J= 0.0665 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0025
87 Fufu and soup N=7 N=8 N=7 N=6 N=1 N=5 N=8 N=8 N=9 N=6
(01.1.9.1.6) J= 0.0407 J= 0.0420 J= 0.4176 J= 0.0304 J= 0.0564 J= 0.1762 J= 0.0505 J= 0.0249 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0039
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88 Baby milk (01.1.9.2.1) N=2 N=6 N=4 N=4 N = 14 N=4 N=1
J= 0.0036 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0001
89 Baby food (01.1.9.2.2) N = 31 N = 28 N = 72 N = 40 N = 32 N = 43 N = 38 N = 35 N = 46 N = 39
J= 0.0095 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0315 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0047 J= 0.0071 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0005
90 Iodated salt (01.1.9.3.1) N = 22 N = 21 N = 28 N = 15 N = 18 N = 36 N = 18 N = 15 N = 12 N = 13
J= 0.0072 J= 0.0077 J= 0.0105 J= 0.0100 J= 0.0099 J= 0.0070 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0181 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0021
91 Vinegar (01.1.9.3.9) N=1 N=8 N = 11 N=3 N=3 N=7 N=6 N=2
J= 0.0002 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0001
92 Spicies (cubes) N = 31 N = 35 N = 17 N = 26 N = 21 N = 46 N = 25 N = 30 N = 26 N = 21
(01.1.9.4.0) J= 0.0069 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0288 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0134 J= 0.0120 J= 0.0078 J= 0.0227 J= 0.0085 J= 0.0037
93 Ginger (01.1.9.4.1) N = 11 N = 12 N = 14 N = 10 N = 21 N = 21 N = 15 N = 10 N=9 N=7
J= 0.0068 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0277 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0134 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0078 J= 0.0248 J= 0.0072 J= 0.0054
94 Fruit juice (01.2.1.0.0) N = 72 N = 68 N = 70 N = 40 N = 28 N = 70 N = 91 N = 71 N = 56 N = 43
J= 0.0107 J= 0.0078 J= 0.0981 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0293 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0003
95 Coffee (01.2.2.0.1) N = 36 N = 27 N = 19 N = 24 N = 28 N = 46 N = 41 N = 28 N = 27 N = 17
J= 0.0029 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0249 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0065 J= 0.0090 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0022
96 Tea bags (01.2.3.0.9) N = 17 N = 15 N = 19 N = 11 N = 10 N = 23 N = 20 N = 15 N = 12 N = 12
J= 0.0029 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0237 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0090 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0023
97 Country milk (01.2.4.0.0) N=3 N=5 N=4 N=1 N=1 N=6
J= 0.0011 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0050 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0001
98 Mineral water (bo le) N = 27 N = 33 N = 48 N = 14 N = 17 N = 48 N = 29 N = 22 N = 21 N = 12
(01.2.5.0.0) J= 0.0030 J= 0.0341 J= 0.0456 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0074 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0014
99 Mineral water (sachet) N = 29 N=5 N = 15 N = 11 N = 39 N = 13 N=8 N = 18 N=5
(01.2.5.0.1) J= 0.0456 J= 0.0355 J= 0.0227 J= 0.0529 J= 0.1055 J= 0.0181 J= 0.0106 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0010
100 So drinks (01.2.6.0.0) N = 15 N = 25 N = 38 N = 10 N = 33 N = 35 N=2 N = 23 N = 52 N=1
J= 0.0237 J= 0.0170 J= 0.0739 J= 0.0104 J= 0.0170 J= 0.0448 J= 0.0153 J= 0.0161 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0010
101 Malt drinks (01.2.6.0.1) N = 76 N = 47 N = 92 N = 81 N = 34 N = 92 N = 114 N = 79 N = 58 N = 43
J= 0.0082 J= 0.0144 J= 0.0800 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0156 J= 0.0138 J= 0.0092 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0027
102 Energy drinks (01.2.6.0.2) N=3 N=4 N=6 N=1
J= 0.0006 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0000
103 Non-alcoholic N=2 N=1
champagne (01.2.6.0.3) J= 0.0021 J= 0.0004
104 Akpeteshie (02.1.1.0.1) N=9 N=5 N=9 N=3 N = 12 N = 10 N = 11 N = 12 N=1
J= 0.0748 J= 0.0946 J= 0.0826 J= 0.1386 J= 0.1253 J= 0.0737 J= 0.0567 J= 0.0641 J= 0.0202
105 Bi ers (02.1.1.0.2) N = 18 N = 18 N = 14 N = 14 N = 10 N = 43 N = 14 N = 12 N = 16 N=4
J= 0.0214 J= 0.0161 J= 0.0692 J= 0.0119 J= 0.0052 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0031
106 Spirits (other) (02.1.1.0.3) N=9 N=4 N = 19 N = 19 N=5 N=9 N=8 N = 11 N=9 N=1
J= 0.0129 J= 0.0105 J= 0.0222 J= 0.0070 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0007
107 Gin (02.1.1.0.4) N = 10 N = 13 N = 23 N = 15 N=7 N = 26 N = 14 N = 10 N = 12 N=4
J= 0.0131 J= 0.0102 J= 0.0223 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0016
108 Whisky (02.1.1.0.5) N=8 N=1 N = 16 N = 12 N=6 N=5 N = 11 N=7 N=8 N=2
J= 0.0139 J= 0.0056 J= 0.0235 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0059 J= 0.0038 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0007
109 Imported wine N=6 N=5 N = 21 N = 11 N=2 N=2 N = 10 N=6 N = 11
(02.1.2.1.1) J= 0.0007 J= 0.0006 J= 0.1032 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0052 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000
110 Na onal beer (Star/Club) N = 14 N = 13 N = 29 N = 18 N = 17 N = 31 N = 15 N = 22 N = 18 N = 16
(02.1.3.0.1) J= 0.0117 J= 0.0109 J= 0.1087 J= 0.0134 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0159 J= 0.0085 J= 0.0058 J= 0.0144 J= 0.0244
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111 Dark beer (02.1.3.0.2) N = 11 N=4 N=7 N = 12 N = 11 N = 17 N = 14 N=8 N = 12 N=3
J= 0.0374 J= 0.0159 J= 0.0272 J= 0.0240 J= 0.0117 J= 0.0422 J= 0.0142 J= 0.0100 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0135
112 Beer (imported) N=4 N=5 N=6 N=7 N=8 N=1
(02.1.3.0.3) J= 0.0048 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0651 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0067
113 Tradi onal beer (pito) N=2 N=1 N=1 N = 12 N = 17 N = 10 N = 11
(02.1.9.0.1) J= 0.0009 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0217 J= 0.0172 J= 0.0822 J= 0.1145
114 Palm wine (02.1.9.0.2) N=1 N=2 N=3 N=1 N=1
J= 0.0077 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0099
115 Cigare es (02.3.0.1.1) N=8 N=7 N = 15 N = 17 N=4 N = 12 N=8 N = 10 N=6 N=7
J= 0.0167 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0086 J= 0.0297 J= 0.0106 J= 0.0122 J= 0.0329 J= 0.0104 J= 0.0236
116 Kola nuts (02.4.0.0.1) N=7 N=4 N = 10 N=7 N = 12 N = 12 N = 12 N = 12
J= 0.0006 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0409 J= 0.0305 J= 0.0293
117 Clothing materials (local) N = 27 N = 21 N = 31 N = 58 N = 25 N = 31 N = 15 N = 13 N = 11 N=7
(03.1.1.0.1) J= 0.0630 J= 0.0532 J= 0.1102 J= 0.0240 J= 0.0701 J= 0.0347 J= 0.0376 J= 0.0406 J= 0.0090 J= 0.0172
118 Clothing materials N = 35 N = 22 N = 18 N = 54 N = 20 N = 40 N = 26 N = 28 N = 18 N = 11
(imported) (03.1.1.0.2) J= 0.0217 J= 0.0225 J= 0.1735 J= 0.0321 J= 0.0403 J= 0.0857 J= 0.0267 J= 0.0214 J= 0.0134 J= 0.0048
119 Kente (03.1.1.0.3) N = 18 N = 16 N = 21 N = 14 N = 10 N=7 N = 12 N=2 N=6
J= 0.0133 J= 0.0133 J= 0.0767 J= 0.0071 J= 0.0117 J= 0.0202 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0051 J= 0.0012
120 Men’s t-Shirt (03.1.2.1.1) N = 44 N = 36 N = 20 N = 42 N = 26 N = 60 N = 38 N = 36 N = 44 N = 21
J= 0.0135 J= 0.0136 J= 0.0676 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0311 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0141 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0015
121 Boy’s shirt (03.1.2.1.2) N = 13 N = 30 N=2 N=3 N = 12 N = 14 N=9 N=5 N=2
J= 0.0135 J= 0.0128 J= 0.0676 J= 0.0065 J= 0.0316 J= 0.0094 J= 0.0096 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0010
122 Ready-made clothing N = 15 N=7 N=5 N = 15 N=6 N = 15 N = 16 N = 11 N = 16 N = 14
men (jeans/khaki) J= 0.0138 J= 0.0084 J= 0.0676 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0229 J= 0.0090 J= 0.0132 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0026
(03.1.2.1.3)
123 Ready-made clothing N=4 N = 13 N=8 N=1 N=6 N = 10 N=7 N = 13 N = 11 N=7
men (trousers) J= 0.0133 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0539 J= 0.0065 J= 0.0113 J= 0.0258 J= 0.0094 J= 0.0137 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0026
(03.1.2.1.4)
124 Ready-made clothing N=6 N=9 N=2 N=7 N=6 N=4 N = 11 N=1
boys (03.1.2.1.5) J= 0.0135 J= 0.0101 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0378 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0096 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0010
125 Underwear (male) N = 14 N = 21 N=2 N = 11 N=2 N = 28 N = 13 N = 12 N = 21 N=9
(03.1.2.1.6) J= 0.0138 J= 0.0121 J= 0.0676 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0212 J= 0.0094 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0026
126 Women’s blouse N = 22 N = 16 N = 11 N = 35 N = 18 N = 22 N=9 N=9 N = 21 N=6
(03.1.2.2.1) J= 0.0075 J= 0.0058 J= 0.0392 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0151 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0067 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0006
127 Girl’s dress (03.1.2.2.2) N=6 N=8 N=5 N=3 N=8 N=5 N=4 N=2 N = 11 N=3
J= 0.0068 J= 0.0074 J= 0.0392 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0161 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0008
128 Girl’s underwear N=5 N = 12 N=1 N = 12 N=5 N=4 N=8 N=3
(03.1.2.2.3) J= 0.0072 J= 0.0051 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0100 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0007
129 Women jeans shorts N=7 N=8 N=2 N=5 N=1 N = 14 N=1 N = 10 N = 23 N=1
(03.1.2.2.4) J= 0.0075 J= 0.0069 J= 0.0392 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0092 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0004
130 Skirt and blouse N = 13 N = 12 N=4 N=3 N=1 N=5 N=5 N = 11 N = 11 N=4
(03.1.2.2.5) J= 0.0080 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0392 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0166 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0056 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0004
131 Women’s summer pants N=6 N=3 N = 10 N=2 N=8 N=3 N=3 N=5
(03.1.2.2.6) J= 0.0074 J= 0.0047 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0210 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0014
132 African wear women N=1 N=6 N=9 N=3 N=5 N=2
(03.1.2.2.7) J= 0.0066 J= 0.0077 J= 0.0181 J= 0.0176 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0014
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133 Underwear women N=4 N=8 N = 11 N=7 N=9 N=2 N=2 N = 11 N=5
(03.1.2.2.8) J= 0.0074 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0086 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0010
134 Children’s wear N=7 N = 16 N=6 N = 57 N = 29 N = 24 N=3 N=8 N = 13 N=1
(03.1.2.3.1) J= 0.0553 J= 0.0434 J= 0.1553 J= 0.0333 J= 0.0640 J= 0.0981 J= 0.0501 J= 0.0360 J= 0.0120 J= 0.0010
135 School uniforms boys N=6 N = 10 N=8 N=7 N=3 N = 16 N=2 N=6 N=4 N=2
(03.1.2.4.1) J= 0.0091 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0211 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0158 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0010
136 School uniforms girls N=4 N=6 N=2 N=8 N=2 N = 13 N=2 N=4 N=2 N=2
(03.1.2.4.2) J= 0.0099 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0224 J= 0.0056 J= 0.0104 J= 0.0151 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0010
137 Sports clothes N=1 N=3 N=2 N=1 N=3
(03.1.2.4.3) J= 0.0076 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0186 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0025
138 Smock (03.1.3.1.1) N=6 N=6 N = 10 N=9 N = 12 N = 23 N = 31 N = 34 N = 21
J= 0.0030 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0005
139 Handkerchief (women) N = 33 N = 10 N = 15 N=6 N = 19 N = 12 N=8 N = 24 N = 10
(03.1.3.1.2) J= 0.0024 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0007
140 Men’s belt (03.1.3.1.3) N=7 N=1 N=1 N=8 N=3 N = 10 N=5 N=2 N=4 N=5
J= 0.0028 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0047 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0007
141 Polyester Tie (03.1.3.1.4) N=3 N=5 N=2 N=3 N=1 N = 10 N=5 N=2 N=9 N=4
J= 0.0040 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0047 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0008
142 Other ar cles of clothing N=1 N=1 N=4
(03.1.3.1.5) J= 0.0017 J= 0.0077 J= 0.0004
143 Men’s socks (03.1.3.1.6) N=7 N=9 N=6 N=7 N=7 N = 13 N=7 N=7 N = 11 N=5
J= 0.0023 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0048 J= 0.0051 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0007
144 Dry cleaning (03.1.4.1.1) N = 33 N=4 N=4 N=5 N=9 N=3 N = 15 N = 15
J= 0.0002 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0000
145 Tailoring charges N = 30 N = 42 N = 30 N = 38 N = 34 N = 36 N = 34 N = 28 N=9 N = 13
(women) (03.1.4.2.1) J= 0.0167 J= 0.0251 J= 0.1063 J= 0.0148 J= 0.0344 J= 0.0199 J= 0.0144 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0040
146 Tailoring charges (men) N = 27 N = 26 N=4 N = 25 N = 29 N = 10 N = 16 N = 27 N=9
(03.1.4.2.2) J= 0.0079 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0198 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0166 J= 0.0085 J= 0.0064 J= 0.0056 J= 0.0012
147 Tailoring charges N = 38 N = 22 N=3 N = 27 N = 18 N = 10 N = 101 N = 12 N=3 N=6
(children) (03.1.4.2.3) J= 0.0041 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0220 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0088 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0007
148 Footwear men N = 31 N = 37 N=4 N = 31 N = 16 N = 34 N = 14 N = 19 N = 33 N = 21
(03.2.1.1.1) J= 0.0312 J= 0.0252 J= 0.1380 J= 0.0190 J= 0.0428 J= 0.0765 J= 0.0239 J= 0.0177 J= 0.0078 J= 0.0032
149 Footwear women N = 20 N = 14 N=3 N = 22 N = 17 N = 39 N = 17 N = 18 N = 48 N=7
(03.2.1.2.1) J= 0.0246 J= 0.0216 J= 0.1730 J= 0.0173 J= 0.0417 J= 0.0583 J= 0.0221 J= 0.0157 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0042
150 Footwear children N=4 N = 22 N = 36 N = 13 N = 18 N=6 N = 20
(03.2.1.3.1) J= 0.0273 J= 0.0246 J= 0.0170 J= 0.0425 J= 0.0689 J= 0.0129 J= 0.0074
151 Repairs of footwear N = 23 N = 47 N = 36 N = 74 N = 25 N = 54 N = 114 N = 27 N = 73
(03.2.2.0.2) J= 0.0004 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0074 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0003
152 Rents payment N = 21 N = 16 N=3 N = 17 N=6 N = 17 N = 14 N=2 N = 14
(04.1.1.0.1) J= 0.0810 J= 0.0881 J= 2.2431 J= 0.0417 J= 0.1434 J= 0.2415 J= 0.0408 J= 0.0088 J= 0.0113
153 Roofing sheets N=9 N = 21 N = 10 N = 19 N = 13 N = 14 N = 25 N = 12 N = 19 N = 14
(04.3.1.1.1) J= 0.0162 J= 0.0059 J= 0.0745 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0161 J= 0.0051 J= 0.0131 J= 0.0300 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0044
154 Iron rods (04.3.1.1.2) N = 23 N = 30 N = 11 N = 32 N = 41 N = 20 N = 47 N = 39 N = 39 N = 29
J= 0.0023 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0253 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0046
155 Cement (minor repairs) N = 12 N = 10 N=8 N=7 N=9 N=9 N = 16 N = 10 N = 12 N = 10
(04.3.1.1.3) J= 0.0152 J= 0.0168 J= 0.0906 J= 0.0098 J= 0.0233 J= 0.0261 J= 0.0168 J= 0.0136 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0046
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156 Cement blocks N = 34 N=3 N=3 N=8 N=1 N=9 N=1
(04.3.1.1.4) J= 0.0019 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0180 J= 0.0048 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0042
157 Paint (04.3.1.1.5) N = 71 N = 22 N = 26 N = 16 N = 58 N = 62 N = 44 N = 20 N = 24 N = 27
J= 0.0025 J= 0.0030 J= 0.4379 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0208 J= 0.0072 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0029
158 Windows/doors N=6 N=4 N=1 N = 18 N=5 N = 14 N=7 N = 16 N = 40
(04.3.1.1.6) J= 0.0052 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0146 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0088 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0003
159 Wood (04.3.1.1.7) N = 12 N=8 N=4 N = 32 N = 33 N = 17 N = 11 N = 30 N = 22 N = 13
J= 0.0009 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0293 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0161 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0087 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0034
160 Other materials for N=3 N=9 N=4 N=2 N=2 N=6
maintenance (04.3.1.1.8) J= 0.0511 J= 0.1012 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0831 J= 0.0688 J= 0.0431
161 Labour for maintenance N=2 N=5 N=4 N = 21
(04.3.2.0.1) J= 0.0086 J= 0.0100 J= 0.0078 J= 0.0028
162 Water supply (04.4.1.1.1) N=3 N=3 N=1 N=3 N=1
J= 0.0404 J= 0.0412 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0710 J= 0.0607
163 Re-sold tap water in N = 15 N=4 N = 15 N = 11 N = 11 N=3 N = 15
buckets/barrels/jerrycans J= 0.1126 J= 0.0663 J= 0.0667 J= 0.1220 J= 0.0428 J= 0.0166 J= 0.0009
(04.4.1.2.1)
164 Refuse disposal N=1 N=1 N=1 N=1 N=2 N=2
(04.4.2.0.1) J= 0.0092 J= 0.0026 J= 0.1404 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0003
165 Sewage collec on N=1 N=1 N=2 N=1
(04.4.3.1.1) J= 0.0100 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0176
166 Public toilets fees N=4 N = 10 N=6 N=1 N = 13 N=8 N=1 N=6
(04.4.3.2.1) J= 0.0075 J= 0.0180 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0557 J= 0.0446 J= 0.0059 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0023
167 Electricity (04.5.1.0.1) N=1 N=4 N=1
J= 0.4794 J= 0.1028 J= 0.0402
168 Gas (04.5.2.2.1) N=7 N=3 N=2 N=2 N=4 N = 11 N=1 N=3 N=3
J= 0.0855 J= 0.0182 J= 0.0301 J= 0.0453 J= 0.1076 J= 0.0245 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0049 J= 0.0065
169 Liquid fuel (04.5.3.0.1) N=2 N=5 N=8 N=3 N=2
J= 0.0052 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0097 J= 0.0090 J= 0.0005
170 Solid fuels (firewood) N=3 N=9 N=1 N=1 N=2 N=1
(04.5.4.2.1) J= 0.0310 J= 0.0410 J= 0.0958 J= 0.1192 J= 0.0150 J= 0.0082
171 Charcoal (04.5.4.3.1) N = 11 N = 14 N=5 N = 18 N=4 N = 14 N = 14 N = 14 N=6
J= 0.0916 J= 0.0396 J= 0.3314 J= 0.0390 J= 0.0647 J= 0.1172 J= 0.0283 J= 0.0291 J= 0.0082
172 Foam ma ress N=9 N=7 N = 24 N=5 N = 11 N = 13 N = 13 N=5 N=7 N=7
(05.1.1.1.1) J= 0.0063 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0182 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0101 J= 0.0110 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0014
173 Bedsteads (05.1.1.1.2) N = 23 N = 20 N=2 N = 10 N = 18 N = 12 N = 15 N = 17 N = 10 N = 10
J= 0.0023 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0100 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
174 Other furniture and N=1 N=2 N=6 N=6 N=2 N=1
furnishing items J= 0.0008 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0008
(05.1.1.1.3)
175 Two doors wardrobe N=5 N=9 N=3 N=6 N=3 N = 11 N=8 N=9 N=7
(05.1.1.1.4) J= 0.0024 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0003
176 Chest of drawers N=3 N=7 N=3 N=3 N=9 N=9 N=9
(05.1.1.1.5) J= 0.0021 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0007
177 Chair (05.1.1.1.6) N = 11 N = 25 N = 14 N=5 N = 18 N = 16 N = 13 N = 19 N=3
J= 0.0009 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0003
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178 Table (05.1.1.1.7) N=5 N = 19 N = 11 N=2 N = 10 N = 15 N=9 N = 18 N=4
J= 0.0012 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0004
179 Wall clock (05.1.1.4.1) N=1 N=1 N=1 N=3 N=2 N=7 N=3 N=5 N=1
J= 0.0018 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0001
180 Polypropylene carpet N = 10 N = 14 N=5 N = 10 N = 12 N = 12 N=7 N=6 N=6 N=2
(05.1.1.4.2) J= 0.0045 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0001
181 Woolen carpet N=3 N=5 N=1 N=1 N=7 N=2 N=4 N=5 N=1
(05.1.1.4.3) J= 0.0014 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0002
182 Repairs of tables and N=1 N=3 N=6 N=5 N=2 N=3
chairs (05.1.2.0.1) J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000
183 Other household tex les N=1 N=8 N=5 N=3 N=2
(05.2.1.2.1) J= 0.0045 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0019
184 Curtain material N=8 N=1 N=5 N=1 N=7 N=3 N=3 N=4 N=2
(05.2.1.2.2) J= 0.0030 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
185 Bedsheet (05.2.1.2.3) N = 18 N=8 N=6 N = 18 N = 12 N = 13 N = 14 N = 11 N = 11 N=3
J= 0.0024 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0052 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
186 Blanket (05.2.1.2.4) N=9 N = 12 N=3 N = 12 N=1 N = 14 N=4 N=2 N=8 N=1
J= 0.0023 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0064 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
187 Towels (05.2.1.2.5) N = 11 N = 13 N = 11 N = 10 N=2 N = 21 N=6 N = 10 N = 12 N=1
J= 0.0027 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0049 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
188 Gas stove (05.3.1.1.1) N = 18 N=9 N = 37 N = 16 N = 14 N = 47 N = 24 N = 11 N = 17 N=7
J= 0.0049 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0151 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0003
189 Refrigerators and freezers N = 14 N=1 N = 21 N = 13 N=8 N = 21 N = 19 N=4 N = 18 N=5
(05.3.1.1.2) J= 0.0048 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0155 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0002
190 Washing machines N=6 N = 16 N=5 N=2 N = 10 N=7 N=3 N=6 N=2
(05.3.1.2.1) J= 0.0046 J= 0.0155 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0002
191 Air condi oners N=4 N=4 N=9 N=2 N=2 N=6 N=4 N=3 N=1 N=1
(05.3.1.3.1) J= 0.0046 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0155 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0002
192 Broom (05.3.1.4.4) N = 11 N=9 N=4 N = 11 N=2 N = 17 N = 11 N = 13 N = 15 N=6
J= 0.0016 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005
193 Electric sewing machine N=1 N=3 N=2 N=1 N=3 N=2 N=1
(05.3.1.9.1) J= 0.0046 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0155 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0012
194 Rice cooker (05.3.2.1.1) N=5 N=7 N=2 N=4
J= 0.0033 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0017
195 Toaster (05.3.2.1.2) N=2 N=3 N=9 N=6 N=6 N=1
J= 0.0018 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0059 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0008
196 Blender (05.3.2.1.3) N = 13 N=3 N = 10 N=8 N=5 N = 19 N = 12 N=4 N=8 N=6
J= 0.0017 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
197 Electric ke le (05.3.2.2.1) N=9 N=2 N = 12 N=5 N=2 N = 20 N = 11 N=4 N=4 N=4
J= 0.0026 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0059 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
198 Other small electric N=2 N=1 N=3 N=2 N=1 N=1
household appliances J= 0.0018 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002
(05.3.2.2.3)
199 Dry electric iron N = 14 N=3 N = 29 N = 10 N = 10 N = 34 N = 18 N=9 N = 14 N=4
(05.3.2.9.1) J= 0.0017 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0054 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
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200 Pedestal fan (05.3.2.9.2) N = 12 N=3 N = 10 N=8 N = 14 N = 20 N = 14 N=3 N = 10 N=3
J= 0.0017 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0048 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
201 Cups and mugs N = 12 N=9 N = 20 N=7 N = 28 N=9 N=6 N = 18 N=8
(05.4.0.1.1) J= 0.0044 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0004
202 Plates (05.4.0.2.1) N = 12 N = 13 N=1 N = 21 N=7 N = 33 N = 23 N=8 N = 18 N = 10
J= 0.0044 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0004
203 Aluminium cooking N = 14 N = 18 N = 11 N = 40 N = 21 N = 50 N = 27 N = 13 N = 28 N=8
utensils (05.4.0.3.1) J= 0.0044 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0005
204 Motorised tools and N=1 N=3 N=8 N=1 N=1 N=1
equipment (05.5.1.0.1) J= 0.0013 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0001
205 Vacuum cleaner N=2 N=2 N=1
(05.5.2.1.1) J= 0.0003 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0001
206 Mop and handle N=7 N=4 N=9 N=6 N=3 N = 11 N=8 N=3 N = 11 N=5
(05.5.2.1.2) J= 0.0009 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0000
207 Bucket (05.5.2.1.3) N=9 N=7 N=6 N = 10 N=1 N = 11 N=8 N=6 N = 16 N=3
J= 0.0009 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
208 Cutlasses (05.5.2.1.4) N = 15 N=6 N=9 N=7 N=9 N = 16 N = 13 N=7 N=9 N=2
J= 0.0008 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0002
209 Shovel (Metal) N = 23 N=6 N=7 N=5 N = 16 N = 17 N = 15 N=4 N = 12 N=3
(05.5.2.1.5) J= 0.0008 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0002
210 Rake (05.5.2.1.6) N=4 N=2 N=3 N=7 N=4 N=5 N=2 N=5 N=1
J= 0.0003 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0001
211 Wheelbarrow (05.5.2.1.7) N = 16 N=8 N=3 N=9 N=8 N=7 N=8 N=4 N = 10 N=2
J= 0.0006 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
212 Other ligh ng products N = 20 N = 13 N = 15 N=5 N=3 N = 29 N = 10 N=7 N=6 N=6
(05.5.2.2.1) J= 0.0050 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0078 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0045 J= 0.0072 J= 0.0067 J= 0.0094 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0007
213 Light bulbs (05.5.2.2.2) N = 26 N = 21 N=6 N = 16 N = 10 N = 33 N = 30 N = 14 N = 27 N=7
J= 0.0043 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0209 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0096 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0009
214 Disinfectants (05.6.1.1.1) N = 13 N = 13 N = 69 N=8 N = 12 N = 21 N = 13 N=8 N=6 N=6
J= 0.0005 J= 0.0047 J= 0.0271 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0046
215 Bleaches (05.6.1.1.2) N = 15 N=8 N = 15 N=5 N=6 N = 10 N=5 N=4 N=6
J= 0.0004 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0244 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0002
216 Washing powder N = 27 N = 39 N = 63 N = 54 N = 25 N = 77 N = 39 N = 46 N = 39 N = 35
(05.6.1.1.3) J= 0.0166 J= 0.0297 J= 0.1425 J= 0.0151 J= 0.0347 J= 0.0399 J= 0.0235 J= 0.0115 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0007
217 Washing soap N = 46 N = 27 N = 32 N = 24 N = 24 N = 48 N = 51 N = 26 N = 10 N = 12
(05.6.1.1.4) J= 0.0493 J= 0.0677 J= 0.1428 J= 0.0354 J= 0.0599 J= 0.0786 J= 0.0432 J= 0.0531 J= 0.0105 J= 0.0075
218 Insec cides sprays N = 24 N = 20 N = 55 N = 10 N = 13 N = 44 N = 19 N = 12 N = 11 N=9
(05.6.1.9.1) J= 0.0021 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0247 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0071 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001
219 Matches (05.6.1.9.2) N = 16 N = 11 N = 12 N=9 N = 18 N = 12 N = 12 N = 12 N = 11
J= 0.0017 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
220 Other non-durable goods N = 13 N = 14 N=9 N = 16 N=4 N = 26 N = 20 N=8 N = 27 N=3
(05.6.1.9.3) J= 0.0005 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0079 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
221 Shoe polish (05.6.1.9.4) N = 26 N = 17 N=2 N = 10 N=8 N = 22 N = 15 N = 13 N = 12 N=9
J= 0.0003 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0079 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
222 Candle (05.6.1.9.5) N = 17 N = 12 N=2 N=8 N = 10 N = 24 N = 14 N = 11 N = 12 N=6
J= 0.0004 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0079 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001
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223 Insec cides coil N = 16 N = 17 N = 10 N = 14 N = 12 N = 35 N = 17 N = 11 N = 12 N=9
(05.6.1.9.6) J= 0.0021 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0244 J= 0.0024 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0001
224 Domes c services and N=1 N=1
household services J= 0.0094 J= 0.0004
(05.6.2.1.1)
225 An bio cs (06.1.1.1.1) N = 107 N = 108 N = 59 N = 70 N = 108 N = 63 N = 143 N = 61 N = 81 N = 45
J= 0.0030 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0144 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0079 J= 0.0059 J= 0.0050 J= 0.0080 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0008
226 An -malaria (06.1.1.1.2) N = 26 N = 26 N=3 N = 30 N = 31 N = 17 N = 15 N = 12
J= 0.0030 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0118 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0045 J= 0.0071 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0009
227 Pain killers (06.1.1.1.3) N = 32 N = 29 N = 20 N = 15 N = 29 N = 29 N = 32 N = 31 N = 24 N = 36
J= 0.0034 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0152 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0058 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0049 J= 0.0068 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0009
228 Tradi onal Ghanaian N = 38 N = 19 N = 25 N = 30 N = 25 N = 17 N=4 N = 11 N=7
drugs (06.1.1.2.1) J= 0.0020 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0048 J= 0.0126 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002
229 Other medical products N = 55 N = 34 N = 24 N = 36 N = 37 N = 36 N = 53 N = 18 N = 45 N = 20
(06.1.2.1.1) J= 0.0040 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0038 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0005
230 Contracep ves N = 26 N = 27 N = 27 N = 20 N = 20 N = 30 N = 29 N = 27 N = 24 N = 18
(06.1.2.2.1) J= 0.0006 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0003
231 Eye specialist (06.1.3.1.1) N=4 N=2 N=4 N=1 N=1
J= 0.0001 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0016
232 Cost of public dental N = 13 N=6 N = 25 N=2 N=4 N=9 N=2 N=1 N=4
services (06.2.2.1.1) J= 0.0001 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0000 J= 0.0000
233 Doctor’s consul ng fee N = 13 N=5 N = 32 N = 14 N = 22 N = 19 N=4 N=7 N = 11 N=4
(06.2.3.1.1) J= 0.0093 J= 0.0132 J= 0.0437 J= 0.0149 J= 0.0096 J= 0.0294 J= 0.0038 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0004
234 Hospital services (bed N=5 N=1 N = 10 N=1 N=1 N=1
occupancy) (06.3.1.0.1) J= 0.0062 J= 0.0055 J= 0.0246 J= 0.0038 J= 0.0396 J= 0.0000
235 Laboratory test N = 10 N=4 N = 10 N=6 N = 15 N=6 N=7 N=5 N=7 N=6
(06.4.1.0.1) J= 0.0003 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0003
236 X-rays (06.4.1.0.2) N=3 N=8 N=1 N=7 N=1 N=1
J= 0.0002 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0000
237 New car (07.1.1.1.1) N=8 N=8 N=2
J= 0.2962 J= 0.2498 J= 0.0124
238 Second-hand car N = 19 N=7
(07.1.1.2.1) J= 0.0413 J= 0.3746
239 Purchase of new and N=2 N=4 N=1 N=3 N=3 N=5 N = 20 N=8
second-hand motor J= 0.0147 J= 0.0220 J= 0.0336 J= 0.0122 J= 0.0823 J= 0.0511 J= 0.0164 J= 0.0032
cycles (07.1.2.0.1)
240 Purchase of new bicycles N=2 N=1 N=5 N=1 N=3 N=2 N=8
(07.1.3.0.1) J= 0.0018 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0108 J= 0.0033
241 Purchase of re N=6 N=2 N=1 N = 13 N = 16 N=6 N=4 N = 10 N=1
(07.2.1.1.1) J= 0.0036 J= 0.0339 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0008 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0016
242 Car ba ery (07.2.1.2.1) N=6 N=3 N=1 N=2 N=9 N=8 N=3 N=6
J= 0.0008 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0092 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0001
243 Spark plug (07.2.1.2.2) N=4 N=6 N=2 N=3 N=2 N=3
J= 0.0039 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0014 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0312 J= 0.0053
244 Diesel (07.2.2.1.1) N = 14 N=9 N=6 N=8 N=4 N=7 N = 13 N = 10 N=6
J= 0.0011 J= 0.0072 J= 0.0547 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0118 J= 0.0088 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0008
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245 Petrol (07.2.2.2.1) N = 17 N = 14 N=6 N = 10 N=4 N = 10 N = 13 N = 15 N = 11 N=1
J= 0.0217 J= 0.0124 J= 0.6640 J= 0.0500 J= 0.0184 J= 0.0660 J= 0.0932 J= 0.1093 J= 0.0142 J= 0.0139
246 Lubricants (07.2.2.4.1) N = 32 N = 13 N = 20 N=4 N=7 N=8 N = 21 N = 12 N = 14
J= 0.0028 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0270 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0064 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0033
247 Motor maintenance, N = 43 N = 19 N=2 N=7 N=9 N = 13 N = 22 N = 35
repair and other service J= 0.0030 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0655 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0016
charges (07.2.3.0.1)
248 Parking space and other N=2 N=4
services (07.2.3.0.4) J= 0.0004 J= 0.0001
249 Driver’s lesson fees N=4 N=1 N=5 N=2 N=3 N=3 N=2
(07.2.4.3.1) J= 0.0003 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0087 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0001
250 Bus and trotro fares N = 17 N = 11 N = 42 N=9 N=3 N = 17 N=4 N = 16 N = 24 N=6
(07.3.2.1.2) J= 0.1697 J= 0.2013 J= 2.6705 J= 0.1318 J= 0.2583 J= 0.5111 J= 0.1257 J= 0.0388 J= 0.0180 J= 0.0304
251 Taxi fares (07.3.2.2.1) N=7 N=9 N=7 N=3 N = 17 N=2 N=2 N=7
J= 0.0710 J= 0.0539 J= 0.0395 J= 0.0723 J= 0.0730 J= 0.0593 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0008
252 Car hiring (07.3.2.2.2) N=1 N=8 N=1
J= 0.0483 J= 0.0251 J= 0.0002
253 Cost of travel by air N=6 N = 10 N=2 N=1
(07.3.3.1.1) J= 0.0034 J= 0.2092 J= 0.0154 J= 0.0046
254 Cost of travel by ferries N=4
and canoes (07.3.4.0.1) J= 0.0032
255 Postal services N=8 N = 16 N=3 N=3 N=9 N=8 N = 11 N=3
(07.4.1.1.1) J= 0.0038 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0263 J= 0.0243 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0011
256 Cost Of luggage and N=2
items transported J= 0.0017
unaccompanied
(07.4.1.2.1)
257 Telephones handset N=2 N=1 N=1 N=1 N=1
(08.1.1.0.1) J= 0.0029 J= 0.0031 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0010
258 Mobile phones N = 155 N = 40 N = 13 N = 34 N = 17 N = 35 N = 69 N = 32 N = 32 N = 19
(08.1.2.0.1) J= 0.0928 J= 0.0768 J= 0.4979 J= 0.0518 J= 0.0902 J= 0.0962 J= 0.0540 J= 0.0339 J= 0.0119 J= 0.0034
259 Personal computers N = 23 N = 11 N = 13 N=4 N=1 N = 15 N=3 N=4 N = 14
(desktop and notebook) J= 0.0198 J= 0.0123 J= 0.1711 J= 0.0079 J= 0.0154 J= 0.0214 J= 0.0047 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0002
(08.1.3.1.1)
260 Other electronic N = 14 N=7 N = 12 N = 11 N=5 N = 30 N = 14 N = 12 N=9 N=3
informa on processing J= 0.0075 J= 0.0133 J= 0.0439 J= 0.0071 J= 0.0103 J= 0.0162 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0010
products (08.1.3.2.1)
261 Radios DVD players, etc N = 10 N = 12 N = 27 N = 13 N = 13 N = 28 N = 17 N=8 N = 12 N=1
(08.1.4.0.1) J= 0.0759 J= 0.0494 J= 0.3014 J= 0.0307 J= 0.0547 J= 0.1410 J= 0.0317 J= 0.0226 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0023
262 Prepaid phone card (incl. N=7
SMS and data bundles) J= 0.0845
(08.3.2.0.1)
263 Other communica on N=2 N=3 N=1 N=2 N=2 N=7 N=6 N=3 N=8
charges (internet) J= 0.0015 J= 0.0029 J= 0.1614 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0332 J= 0.0250 J= 0.0088 J= 0.0049
(08.3.3.0.1)
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264 Repair of phones and fax N = 61 N = 22 N = 10 N=6 N = 72 N=6 N=1 N=8
machines (08.3.5.0.1) J= 0.0191 J= 0.0202 J= 0.0082 J= 0.0226 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0006
265 Equipment for sport, N=6 N=3 N=1 N=7 N=1 N=9 N=3
camping and open-air J= 0.0020 J= 0.0043 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0011 J= 0.0004
recrea on (09.2.2.2.1)
266 Gardens, plants and N=1 N=3 N=1 N=1
glowers (09.3.1.2.1) J= 0.0046 J= 0.0024 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0002
267 Pets and related products N=2 N = 10 N=1 N=2 N = 11 N=2 N=4 N=2 N=1
(09.3.2.2.2) J= 0.0014 J= 0.0124 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0024 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0001 J= 0.0000
268 Games of chance N=3 N=3 N=1 N=4 N=1
(09.4.6.3.1) J= 0.0044 J= 0.0587 J= 0.0165 J= 0.0093 J= 0.0005
269 Cinema/cultural services N=5 N=1 N=1
(09.6.1.0.1) J= 0.2375 J= 0.0234 J= 0.0085
270 Musical instrument N = 19 N=1 N=9 N=5 N=3 N=2
(09.6.1.0.2) J= 0.0846 J= 0.0804 J= 0.0606 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0289 J= 0.0022
271 English textbook N = 11 N = 10 N = 20 N=8 N = 20 N = 13 N = 18 N = 18 N = 10 N=6
(09.7.1.1.1) J= 0.0333 J= 0.0757 J= 0.3481 J= 0.0771 J= 0.1085 J= 0.1371 J= 0.0130 J= 0.0403 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0004
272 Mathema cal textbook N = 17 N = 10 N = 10 N=6 N = 13 N=9 N = 18 N = 14 N = 10 N=6
(09.7.1.1.2) J= 0.0371 J= 0.0823 J= 0.1090 J= 0.0460 J= 0.0240 J= 0.1443 J= 0.0120 J= 0.0546 J= 0.0066 J= 0.0005
273 Dic onary (09.7.1.1.3) N = 13 N=4 N = 14 N=4 N=8 N=7 N = 13 N=8 N=6 N=4
J= 0.0030 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0357 J= 0.0069 J= 0.0182 J= 0.0118 J= 0.0037 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0000
274 Newspapers and N = 16 N = 12 N=8 N = 12 N = 11 N=7
periodicals (09.7.2.1.1) J= 0.0010 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0082 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0001
275 Sta onery and drawing N = 39 N = 36 N = 14 N = 34 N = 23 N = 62 N = 48 N = 30 N = 48 N = 25
materials (09.7.4.0.1) J= 0.0046 J= 0.0062 J= 0.0240 J= 0.0035 J= 0.0129 J= 0.0084 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0106 J= 0.0126 J= 0.0039
276 Other sta onary N = 21 N = 20 N = 12 N = 12 N = 18 N = 43 N = 26 N = 15 N = 27 N = 13
materials (09.7.4.0.2) J= 0.0043 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0415 J= 0.0049 J= 0.0143 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0074 J= 0.0109 J= 0.0018
277 Pre-primary and primary N = 46 N = 30 N=8 N = 26 N=6 N = 20 N = 19 N = 34 N=3
educa on (10.1.0.2.1) J= 0.0940 J= 0.0642 J= 0.6274 J= 0.0477 J= 0.2954 J= 0.0404 J= 0.0450 J= 0.0189 J= 0.0164
278 Public/private secondary N = 23 N = 19 N = 12 N = 41 N=6 N=9 N = 24 N = 32 N = 42 N=6
school fees (SSS) J= 0.1297 J= 0.0989 J= 0.8240 J= 0.0745 J= 0.2079 J= 0.3455 J= 0.0719 J= 0.0670 J= 0.0296 J= 0.0122
(10.2.0.0.1)
279 Post-secondary N=1 N=2
non-ter ary educa on J= 0.0549 J= 0.0145
(10.3.0.0.1)
280 University fees N=6 N=9 N = 10 N=3 N = 11 N=7 N=7
(10.4.0.0.1) J= 0.0970 J= 0.0778 J= 0.4981 J= 0.0768 J= 0.2285 J= 0.0403 J= 0.0187
281 Educa on not definable N = 12 N=7 N=7 N = 14 N = 12 N=1 N=2 N = 12
by level (10.5.0.9.1) J= 0.0160 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0053 J= 0.0141 J= 0.1848 J= 0.0090 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0034
282 Restaurants, cafes and N=4 N=2 N = 15 N = 14 N=5 N=1
the like (11.1.1.1.2) J= 0.0324 J= 0.0354 J= 0.0232 J= 0.0545 J= 0.1507 J= 0.0024
283 Accommoda on (hotel) N=6 N=8 N = 11 N = 29 N=8 N = 11 N = 14 N=9 N=7
(11.2.0.3.1) J= 0.1701 J= 0.1283 J= 0.0702 J= 0.2642 J= 0.3354 J= 0.1391 J= 0.0637 J= 0.0492 J= 0.0134
284 Hostel dormitory N=1 N=2 N=1 N=3
accommoda on J= 0.0878 J= 0.1064 J= 0.0491 J= 0.2790
(11.2.0.3.2)
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285 Life insurance (12.1.1.0.1) N=1 N=3
J= 0.0118 J= 0.0018
286 Insurance connected N=6 N=2 N=1
with health (12.1.2.0.1) J= 0.0013 J= 0.0484 J= 0.0025
287 Insurance connected with N=6 N=5 N=1 N=1 N = 11
transport (12.1.4.0.1) J= 0.0039 J= 0.0058 J= 0.0384 J= 0.0025 J= 0.0139
288 Other financial services N=3 N=3 N=3 N=1 N=7
(including mobile money) J= 0.0028 J= 0.0170 J= 0.0166 J= 0.0081 J= 0.0037
(12.2.9.9.1)
289 Electric appliances for N=1 N=3 N=1 N=7 N=2 N=1
personal care (13.1.1.1.1) J= 0.0011 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0179 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0004
290 Toilet rolls (13.1.2.0.0) N = 38 N = 48 N = 26 N = 27 N = 15 N = 88 N = 30 N = 22 N = 35 N = 11
J= 0.0069 J= 0.0094 J= 0.0544 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0098 J= 0.0112 J= 0.0034 J= 0.0007 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0003
291 Sanitary pad (tampon) N = 30 N = 18 N = 32 N = 15 N=8 N = 51 N = 31 N = 14 N = 21 N=9
(13.1.2.0.1) J= 0.0081 J= 0.0113 J= 0.0542 J= 0.0061 J= 0.0142 J= 0.0202 J= 0.0056 J= 0.0027 J= 0.0022 J= 0.0009
292 Baby diapers and wipes N=2 N=9 N=8
(13.1.2.0.2) J= 0.0034 J= 0.0038 J= 0.0117
293 Bathing/toilet soap N = 65 N = 56 N = 167 N = 47 N = 36 N = 76 N = 77 N = 40 N = 54 N = 67
(13.1.2.0.3) J= 0.0336 J= 0.0268 J= 0.0974 J= 0.0107 J= 0.0318 J= 0.0449 J= 0.0192 J= 0.0247 J= 0.0047 J= 0.0080
294 Skin powder (talcum) N = 27 N = 15 N = 25 N = 10 N = 11 N = 37 N=7 N = 11 N = 16 N=8
(13.1.2.0.4) J= 0.0010 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0016 J= 0.0054
295 Disposable razor N = 20 N = 27 N = 26 N = 13 N=4 N = 53 N = 30 N = 17 N = 26 N = 10
(13.1.2.0.5) J= 0.0015 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0015 J= 0.0026 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0011
296 Body lo on/cream N = 15 N = 15 N = 29 N=6 N = 11 N = 43 N = 10 N = 14 N = 14 N=7
(13.1.2.0.6) J= 0.0097 J= 0.0086 J= 0.0236 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0131 J= 0.0159 J= 0.0089 J= 0.0127 J= 0.0057 J= 0.0010
297 Deodorant (13.1.2.0.7) N = 28 N = 21 N = 54 N = 22 N = 15 N = 61 N = 20 N = 14 N = 27 N=6
J= 0.0041 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0335 J= 0.0020 J= 0.0045 J= 0.0097 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0023 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0004
298 Toothpaste (13.1.2.0.8) N = 54 N = 53 N = 112 N = 42 N = 25 N = 138 N = 81 N = 57 N = 48 N = 35
J= 0.0134 J= 0.0161 J= 0.0559 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0180 J= 0.0289 J= 0.0114 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0028 J= 0.0029
299 Leather wallet N=1 N=1 N=1 N=2
(13.1.2.0.9) J= 0.0006 J= 0.0017 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0027
300 Lady hairdressing N = 52 N = 74 N = 33 N = 53 N = 63 N = 57 N = 65 N = 59 N = 65 N = 30
(13.1.3.1.1) J= 0.0146 J= 0.0220 J= 0.1625 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0192 J= 0.0418 J= 0.0140 J= 0.0050 J= 0.0036 J= 0.0010
301 Men’s haircut (13.1.3.1.2) N = 11 N = 10 N=3 N = 10 N = 19 N = 15 N = 19 N = 14 N = 13 N=8
J= 0.0050 J= 0.0039 J= 0.0073 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0128 J= 0.0210 J= 0.0063 J= 0.0041 J= 0.0012 J= 0.0007
302 Mesh (human/synthe c) N = 30 N = 24 N = 16 N = 21 N = 22 N=5 N = 23 N = 22 N=4
(13.1.3.1.3) J= 0.0048 J= 0.0088 J= 0.0024 J= 0.0109 J= 0.0095 J= 0.0040 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0003 J= 0.0006
303 Jewellery (13.2.1.1.1) N=2 N=1 N=5 N=1
J= 0.0050 J= 0.0032 J= 0.0076 J= 0.0001
304 Watches (13.2.1.1.2) N=3 N = 18 N = 17 N=1 N=5 N=1
J= 0.0050 J= 0.0029 J= 0.0060 J= 0.0033 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0000
305 Prin ng of picture N=4 N=2 N=1 N=6 N=2 N=8
(13.2.2.0.1) J= 0.0006 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0002 J= 0.0009 J= 0.0003
306 Other personal effects N=9 N=8 N=4 N=8 N=8 N = 38 N=4 N=6 N = 12 N=1
(13.2.9.1.2) J= 0.0016 J= 0.0021 J= 0.0042 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0013 J= 0.0044 J= 0.0004 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0005 J= 0.0000
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307 Other services n.e.c. N = 21 N = 25 N=2 N=7 N=6 N = 22 N = 26 N = 21 N = 41 N=4
(13.9.0.9.2) J= 0.0025 J= 0.0030 J= 0.0299 J= 0.0019 J= 0.0046 J= 0.0077 J= 0.0018 J= 0.0010 J= 0.0006 J= 0.0003
Table A.5 44 markets by Region
Region New 16 Regions Market name Urbanicity
1 Western Western Takoradi Urban
2 Western North Akontombra Rural
3 Western Half Assini Rural
4 Western North Sefwi Bekwai Rural
5 Western Manso Amanfi Rural

6 Central Central Cape Coast Urban

7 Mankessim Rural
8 Nyankomase Ahenkro Rural
9 Bawjiase Rural

10 Greater Accra Greater Accra Accra Makola Urban

11 Tema Urban
12 Kaneshi Urban
13 Madina Urban
14 Big Ada Rural

15 Eastern Eastern Koforidua Urban

16 Nkawkaw Urban
17 Adeiso Rural
18 Klo Agogo Rural
19 New Abirem Rural

20 Volta Volta Ho Urban

21 Kpando Torkor Rural
22 Akatsi Rural
23 Agbozume Rural

24 Ashan Ashan Kumasi Urban

25 Abofour Rural
26 Obogu Rural
27 Nsuta Rural
28 New Edubiase Rural
29 Kunsu Rural

30 Brong Ahafo Brong Ahafo Sunyani Urban

31 Bono East Techiman Urban
32 Ahafo Region Goaso Rural
33 Brong Ahafo Subinso Rural
34 Amanten Rural

35 Northern Northern Tamale Urban

36 Bimbilla Rural
37 Savanah Bole Rural
38 Northern Walewale Rural

39 Upper East Upper East Bolgatanga Urban

40 Zebilla Rural
41 Bongo-Soe Rural

42 Upper West Upper West Wa Urban

43 Tumu Rural
44 Nandom Rural

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