Inflation (CPI) during each president's tenure
Every president since 1991, ranked by how the inflation (CPI) changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | President | In office | Total | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jerry Rawlings | 7 Jan 1993 – 7 Jan 2001 | +48.9 pp Dec 1992 → Dec 2000 | +6.1 pp/yr | |
| 2 |  Nana Akufo-Addo | 7 Jan 2017 – 7 Jan 2025 | +8.5 pp Dec 2016 → Dec 2024 | +1.1 pp/yr | |
| 3 | John Mahama | 24 Jul 2012 – 7 Jan 2017 | +3.4 pp Jun 2012 → Dec 2016 | +0.8 pp/yr | |
| 4 | John Atta Mills | 7 Jan 2009 – 24 Jul 2012 | −6.2 pp Dec 2008 → Jun 2012 | −1.8 pp/yr | |
| 5 | John Mahama | 7 Jan 2025 – now | −18.6 pp Dec 2024 → Sep 2026 | −10.6 pp/yr | |
| 6 | John Kufuor | 7 Jan 2001 – 7 Jan 2009 | −44.1 pp Dec 2000 → Dec 2008 | −5.5 pp/yr |
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % change on a year earlier · Ghana Statistical Service consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, spliced across GSS's base years by the IMF), national, change on the same month a year earlier · Ghana data · as of Sep 2026.