National Statistics Office (NSO) Established:1948 Vision:To be the trusted provider of Official Statistics for good governance. First Population Census: 1891
The year on year inflation rate from March 2022 to March 2023 was 50.0% while the month-on-month inflation between February 2023 and March 2023 was -1.2% (negative 1.2%).
Release Date: 12th April 2023
Glorious Happy Birthday to you,
@GV_Statistician
Prof Samuel Kobina Annim,
@StatsGhana
!!! 🎷🎷🎷🍾🍾🍾🎂🎂🎂
We give glory to God for your life and how far He has brought you!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
From the Staff of
Ghana Statistical Service
Please this is the
@GSS
recruitment platform called
@Enumerator
's Bureau.
It will be used to recruit prospective applicants for surveys and censuses including the upcoming
#IBES
and
#GLSS
.
@heiitrade
Thank you
The year on year inflation rate from February 2022 to February 2023 was 52.8% while the month on month inflation rate for February 2023 was 1.9%.
Release Date: 15th March 2023
Ghana Statistical Service in collaboration with Ministry of Food and Agriculture conducts the Ghana Core Agriculture+ Production Methods and Environment Crop Cutting Survey (GCA++) to provide statistics to bridge agricultural data gaps and promote evidence-based decision-making
Chief Census Officer
@GV_Statistician
giving a presentation on the 2021 PHC for prospective data users at UCC before the 2020 4Q and annual GDP release.
@StatsGhana
Ghana commences the 5th Integrated Business Establishment Survey. It will start on 15th January 2024.
All persons in Ghana are humbly requested to cooperate with IBES officials to ensure active participation and successful implementation of this important national exercise.
GSS has developed an interactive dashboard to monitor COVID-19. The interactive feature enables people to view the confirmed cases per districts and regions to better understand the most vulnerable groups
The National Steering Committee of the 2023 Ghana Integrated Business Establishment Survey (IBES) was inaugurated on Friday 30th June 2023 in Accra. The 2023 IBES will be the fourth conducted in Ghana.
#IBES2023
Tomorrow
@GV_Statistician
will be a panelist for the 2021 DCF session on "Regional cooperation to support science, technology and innovation in the COVID-19 period"
Watch live on UN Webcast at starting 11am GMT
#GEOWeek2022
Talk on Wetlands masterplan by the University of Zimbabwe
Flood victims in Zimbabwe settle on Wetlands due to the lack of knowledge of Geospatial boundaries of these wetlands
We held a development partners (DPs) meeting to bring together all international partners supporting our progress towards statistical modernisation. Read more at
#GhanaBeyondAid
@ONS
National dissemination for the Ghana Census of Agriculture dissemination for the Northern Zone ongoing in Tamale with stakeholders in the agricultural sector from 6 regions
We’re excited to be at Parliament tomorrow as part of the Data Fair showcasing our work & the importance of statistics. Watch our social media feeds this week to find out more.
#BetterData4BetterDecisions
Ghana is hosting GEO Week 2022, the 18th Annual Meeting of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), from today, Monday, 31st October to Friday, 4th November, 2022 at the Accra International Conference Centre.
#GEOWeek2022
The GSS is using innovative data science in collaboration with
@flowminder
to understand people’s mobility patterns through
@VodaphoneGH
anonymised and aggregated mobile phone data to support the government’s response against COVID-19
#COVID19
#StopTheSpread
The Data Fair is a partnership event run with the African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs
@AcepaAfrica
, the Parliamentary Research Committee, INASP
@INASPinfo
. We would like to thank everybody for their support and participation
#BetterData4BetterDecisions
GSS Launches Data Science Roadmap
Five-year roadmap on the implementation of a data
science strategy at the Statistical Service launched on African Statistics Day
The Board and Management of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has launched the
2021 PHC information session ongoing in Koforidua with the Honourable Regional Minister and the Government Statistician in attendance. The session aims to sensitise the Regional Coordinating Council and regional stakeholders on the census.
@Acheampong_SK
@GV_Statistician
The GSS is continuing to support the Government of Ghana’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak with the use of strictly anonymised and aggregated mobile phone data.
#SDGsGhana
#DataForGood
#COVID
-19
"Administrative Data, Earth Observation Data, telecommunications network data... All of these data sources are expanding the basket of statistical products that Ghana can use to achieve effective parliamentary oversight." -
@GV_Statistician
#BetterData4BetterDecisions
Ghana Statistical Service
@GSS
collaborates with Kumasi Technical University
@GSS
to release the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation rate for May 2023 on Wednesday June 14 2023
@9
:45am at the Kumasi Technical University campus. More details on
Before the big data discussion, the world depended on typically historical, incomplete and inaccurate information, which could not be relied on for forwarding-looking and accurate projections.
The global population has turned 8 billion. The symbolic welcome of the 8 billionth baby born in Ghana has been organized
@Ridge
Hospital in Accra. This was through the collaborative effort of the
@StatsGhana
and partners GHS, NPC, RIPS, NDPC and UNFPA.
#ASD2022
#GSS
Watch the Government Statistician, Prof Samuel Kobina Annim doing the presentation on the 1st Quarter Gross Domestic Products (1QGDP) yesterday at the GSS headquarters
@heiitrade
@GV_Statistician
@Ghana2021Census
Find out how we’re moving within and between regions with our latest
#COVID19
mobility report – released at 09:30 tomorrow. In partnership with
@flowminder
&
@VodafoneGhana
#GCA2024
The GCA++ Survey will collect information on key agricultural activities, like crop, livestock, aquaculture, fishery, and forestry production.
The 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey the 7th Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Ghana since 1988. The
#2022GDHS
is designed to provide data for monitoring the population and health situation in Ghana.
#Women
in Ghana have an average of
#3
.9 children
@StatsGhana
Great to see people learning about the power of statistics at our Data Fair. By working together, we can increase confidence & understanding of statistics, and show how using data to inform policy decisions, we can improve lives.
#BetterData4BetterDecisions
#GLSS8
Ghana Living Standards Survey Round 8 - GLSS 8 - collects individual, household, and community level data to measure levels and changes in living standards of the population through responses to questions they are asked by GSS Field Officers.
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has launched its Census Customer Contact Centre. If you need to get in touch with us, please telephone or SMS:
Vodafone: 020 685 0157
or
MTN: 055 162 5567
Please note, the GSS Contact Centre will be open from 8am to 8pm daily.
Thanks to those of you who joined us in person for the opening session of the 2021 Data Fair! To find out more on how statistics can be used for effective parliamentary oversight visit the stands outside Parliament House 26-28th May.
#BetterData4BetterDecision
The search for internationally comparable quality data engenders scientific rigour but sometimes compromises national policy relevance and ownership – Prof. S. K. Annim
Government Statistician delivers Inaugural Lecture at the University of Cape Coast on Data-Policy Transition