Is Ghana Africa's most expensive country to live? - BBC News 

Too much importation is killing African cities like Accra, Nairobi, Lagos, etc. We need to manufacture things locally with less dependence on imports.

My dad needs to see this to understand me. Living in Ghana is so financially painful right now. If it is not the most expensive country then it is among the most expensive countries in Africa.

I cannot understand why Ghana needs to import staples such as tinned tomatoes fresh tomatoes okra cassava and rice from China and India when they have plenty fertile agricultural lands to grow their own. The ministers who are responsible for agriculture and importation should be held to account. We need to re educate Ghanaians that not everything from china and india is the best.

Iam from somalia I was living in Ghana but now am in my home country I really like Ghana and Ghanian people I hope for them a good life

Yes the rest of the world is facing similar issues, but Africa has everything it needs to not be affected seriously by this. We have everything here. Ghana has everything, our leaders aren’t intelligent to realize this, they aren’t putting any proper measures to ensure sustainability

A developing country with home prices higher than that of the US.Extremely insane

God bless our homeland GHANA

The people saying "the prices aren't only increasing in Ghana" are part of the problem. It is their leaders and their willful mismanagement of the country that has caused prices to skyrocket. Indomie which was one of the most accessible foods (albeit unhealthy) has doubled in price. Milk that could be bought for 10ghs now goes for up to 26ghs. If you love and want to help Ghana then at least be honest and call the situation out for what it is.

We need to grow more in Africa. Don’t understand why we don’t focus more on agriculture.

How people manage to keep surviving in Ghana is a miracle. Ridiculously expensive country yet the average citizens are poor

It breaks my heart seeing this as a Ghanaian living in Germany. But we must also not forget prices have also increased dramatically also in Europe. Cooking oil, Jasmine rice, rent, gas to mention but few have all increased drastically! I think it’s not only in Africa. But we also have to look at our import rate. We shouldn’t be importing almost everything. Tomatoes, Rice and so many things can be grown and consumed in the country. God bless Ghana 🇬🇭

Ghana can boost her economy by investing in modern fishing from the sea and supply in the country and export as well. Sitting by warm sea and importing fish is the most surprising thing to me. I am living in Ghana since 2015 and last six months have seen most rapid devaluation of Cedi

Utilities are even increasing and salaries are reducing. Yet our leaders don't see anything wrong with this.

We are really going through a lot in Ghana here..Common food, most of us dont even have money to buy..Things are soo expensive..

The prices are not going up, the currency is becoming worthless.

As a Ghanaian I just came here to say yessss! It's really expensive

I don't know why people see farming as suffering in Africa, when I was growing up my dad used to be a farmer, we all went to school through my dad farming and selling his products, my dad build his first house through farming money, all the products we eat are from our farm only few thing we bought from the market like fish and meat or Maggie, I remember every time we take holiday from school me and my siblings will go to the village to help my dad and my mom with farming work, which am grateful today, my dad was a big export and seller of plantain, yam, banana, garri, although it was not a easy work but at least it helps us a lot, but now all the big boys and girls want to live a city life 😂 nobody wants to do farm work, here in Europe farmers are the riches people, farming is like gold here, Africa don't know what they have, if European have the chance to exchange their land and take our land, they will not think for a minute before they do it.

Im an AA living in Ghana for seven years and for the first time , my family and I are planning our move back home, to live a quality life in Ghana is very costly,some things are literally MORE than they are in America. It totally defeats the purpoee of moving here, we've had enough of the inflation. The worst I've seen since we arrived in 2015.

Living in Ghana is becoming unbearable. Its insane how prices of items are skyrocketing.

Ghana now holds the record for being the most expensive country to libe in Africa

Well, I went to Ghana the last 7 months. And yes, prices increased by the month! 1 liter milk between £1.50 - £1.80 as of April! Beer is now cheaper than Disel! 1 bottle of 670ml beer still around 8-9 Cedis, which is less than 1 Pound. Diesel now by about 1.15 pounds. 1 egg now at 12 pence. And so on. Oil, Tomatoes, Rice etc. Yes, Ghana has become very expensive!

That's true. I'm a Cameroonian student and I was in East Legon, Accra to intern with an NGO there and boy,it was so expensive. A plate of food cost 100 Cedis (around 8,000 CFA) which is money that can feed me for a week in Cameroon! Clothing is also very expensive though local transportation is fairly affordable

The price of goods were definitely going up before I left last month.

God bless Ghana 🇬🇭 God bless Africa

Ghana is expensive now its even difficult to afford a two square meal. Prices of food stuffs are crazy, prices of transport fares are unbearable l pray something is done about it else we will find it difficult to survive..!

The price in the morning is different from the prices in the evening!The prices travel at the speed of light!!!

Sad. I have been there 2times, The food was too expensive for their income. Ghanaian dishes are tend to use many ingredients so it may better to cook simply for now.

Leaving Ghana Early this Month as a International who’s traveld there before, I can Say YES the cost for my travel experience in comparison to the last time 8months ago yea major difference in prices. Thankfully I made room in my budget.

Ghana needs to do the same as Nigeria. Close all your land borders to curb importation of illegal and stupid goods that can be filled in by local producers. Nigeria closed it land borders which affected Nigerians negatively but it payed off because it reduced imports of illegal goods into the country. Nigeria’s import have reduced significantly. Most of our import are tech based import from China and Europe. We now produce many food products that used to be imported from Europe. Ghana needs to do the same.

Nairobi , Kenya still experiencing the same situation

In Japan ,the prices of water will go up. In current, the high prices is not only Ghana but also around the world.

Even rent rates are expensive. As for our food and transportation, its another story. Everything is too high

Prices are going up everywhere around the world and not just Africa or Ghana specifically. It is equally impossible to survive here in the UK with the cost of living crises looming daily. The BBC should stop targeting emerging markets with such reporting and report more on how folks in the UK and around Europe are struggling daily to survive from pay cheque to pay check. The West always creates these types of global crisis and Africa suffers

When common foods & household items become expensive & the salaries are low most citizens become poor and life becomes unbearable. The poverty rate in Ghana is increasing very fast and the ECONOMY Is not growing as expected. The govt should act ASAP.

Slightly Used country For Sale Name: GHANA 🇬🇭 Loc: West Africa 🌍 REASON: Leaders can't think any longer 🤔 Forget about all other resources Lithium alone estimated around $16 Trillion Still they got no heads to think.

Yes, exactly true, you can't live in Accra for a year if you are not financially sound because every thing is expensive these days in our market . Especially price of rent in Accra compare to Abijan there's a huge difference .That is why corruption is unbreakable in our society and public offices.

Inflation is high everywhere, so why is BBC talking about Ghana specifically? To put media pressure on the leaders to get IMF loans? STOP THE TRICKS

Yes it is. It's very expensive.

Is not only Ghana is everywhere

It's getting serious here everyday prices go up from food, water and to transport which is really making life harder manage

Angola is the most expensive country to live in Africa. Luanda the capital of Angola is the most expensive city to live in, in the world!

Ghana 🇬🇭 is really so hard to live in nowadays huh, may God Almighty sees us through 🙏

Ghana should start manufacturing their own goods especially regarding food. They have a very fertile land for this.

I'm paid 600ghc monthly while my weekly expenditure is 400ghc. This simply tells that our expenses exceeds our income. I truly fear for our future.

Same in South African.. A 2L bottle of oil ,use to be 53rands now its 87rands, Prices of fuel and going up,Rent, electricity & etc ..it’s the same, everywhere you go✌🏾 not only in Ghana 🇬🇭 The only thing is the people are not use to that kind of living. We all can testify that, prices are going up in every country not only in Ghana .. #ProudGhanaian🇬🇭👍

Nairobi is very expensive too. Life here is unbearable. Rents is expensive, education is expensive. Literally everything is soaring high .

Let the world know...Ghana is a hard country to live in...you can spend holidays here in Ghana, but trying to make a living here isnt easy. This country retrogresses every passing year, we are a nation without leaders. Our leaders and government CEOs are more focused on piling wealth, embezzling public funds than helping the common folk. They are being guarded by the very law that's supposed to protect every citizen.

The reason Ghana have become expensive is because "all items are dollarised". I predicted this happening many years back with African Americans etc relocating to Ghana in particular to settle, promoted by the government of Ghana. This has driven up the cost of everything. This is affecting the local peoples quality of live. My predictions have come to past.

Things prices had tripled since 2020 to date... Inflation too had increased so much we average Ghanaian citizens are really having a hard time🇬🇭😭

The transportation fees is one of the worst things ever... Imagine spending more than ¢20 on transportation alone, just to go to school and get back home for just a day🤦🏾‍♀️

What about a program about the Runaway prices of Consumers' goods in the UK?

What's happening to Ghana 🇬🇭 right now is Greed. Back in 2015 or so, Ghana had the return to Africa with many blacks wanting to return to their homeland. Many of which selected Ghana because it was welcoming. The Error of the Ghanaian Government and people was to more than double, some cases triple the prices of basic things even homes, potential lands for business, and cost of living in general. Thus, welcoming the Western greedy way of running things rather than maintaining their previous system. Now, most of those same potential investors are pulling out and living the country due to high cost and the citizens are left to suffer for their errors. A country that was in excess, everything has now been commercialized. A time ticking craze...

Price of goods just rising. You can't even buy food, how much more can you buy luxurious. We are paying electronic transfer tax yet salaries are the same. No increment

The only reason bbc wants to talk about Ghana's economy is to encourage imf bailout.

Yes true

It’s very true…the prices of everything is increasing each week. Inflation rate is rising so much and the government is doing nothing to help

Those saying it's a global thing should quit it! Inflation is heavily dependent on two things in Ghana, in dollar and fuel prices. We mine crude oil in our country, what we mine a day, a quarter of it can meet the country's demand. But we export all at a cheaper price and import the finished product at a higher rate. Mind you, we have a processing plant that can refine the crude but the company doesn't work, it just employs people and pay them hefty at the end of the month. So private individuals import the fuel into the country and sell to us. It will not be in their best interest if the Govt starts producing it's own fuel, because they would stop making money, so they would rather cripple the citizens to make profits.

Blame the president who's inviting an exodus of people to move to Ghana. Things will just continue to get worse

Am an ivorian who just relocate in Ghana but sometimes I think it was wrong to leave liberia to come here ,I can't even save cent .

Yes is very true, prices has increased drastically. Good job #BBC

Yes it's true. Everything has increased sharply in Ghana. You ask for a price of a product today and when you are ready to buy it tomorrow, you realize they've increased it again.

Things are getting expensive each and everyday in Ghana

Yes!

Every single day prices of items goes up. Unbearable

What do you expect when theres a black market hoarding dollars for sale legally.They probably have more dollars hoarded than government. Nothing to do with return diaspora because they go everywhere, south east Africa caribean and prices dont rocket up. Tax by government on imports is high too so the sellers charge consumers additional.

Ghana is not Accra. The ppl in Accra making themselves expensive.

I was just there in Ghana, West Africa, and one Taxi Service went from $3000.00 USD value of Car to $8000.00 USD

Things are really really difficult and they don't seem to get better soon

Nairobi is very expensive too. Live here is unbearable. Rents is expensive, education is expensive. Literally everything is soaring high .

Ghana 🇬🇭 has become abroad in the midst of African countries. Expenditure and life itself is more than being crucified

The price of drinking water is going up & up twice in just a week that's absolutely unbelievable inflation in Ghana

Yes! Yes! Yes! And YESSSS!!!

Population needs to be in balance with jobs, resources, nature and the environment. Having a bigger population in any country than the country can support makes no sense. Access to food, water, shelter and jobs should guide population levels. The worlds population is still expected to add another billion people to feed, clothe and produce pollution.

That box of tomato's in Nigeria presently is not up to 200 cedis

This Angola 🇦🇴 thank for watching

Even in Sierra Leone Freetown 🇸🇱 😍 prices are high #inflation

Who knew that Russia wielded so much economic power that it's war with Ukraine has now nearly brought the world to it's knees? Who knew ? The USA has been fighting all over the world too many wars, but this one war, should make the world rethink how important humanity is compared to using borders as our limits.

Yes we're Struggling here because of poor leadership.🇬🇭🇬🇭

Yes

God bless Ghana

YOU ARE SUFFERING SAME FATE IN THE UK AND YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AFRICA GHANA, WHY ??? UK INFLATION IS 40 YR HIGH, BBC NEWS TODAY.

What is Africa Ghana? How can a BBC presenter make such a mistake. This proves that the information provided is inaccurate.

Very very true because every blessed day there's increment in everything

Food remains relatively cheap in Uganda but prices have increased by almost double for consumables like Soap and Cooking Oil.

Hypocrites on the highest level ,where is more higher than Uk 🇬🇧? This the time for Africa and your weapon in the media will never work against Africans progress

Congratulations Akuffo Addo, we're all over the news.. better managers of the economy my foot !!!

May God Remember Ghana 🙏❤️!

It’s very expensive to live in Ghana

The prices of goods and services are skyrocketing and the cedi is depreciating at a breakneck speed. Living condition in ghana is very high, the government doesn't increase the salaries of workers but prices of goods and services always going up.

Life is not easy, Alhamdulillah

I Love Beautiful Ghana ❤💛💚

Foreigners invasion is a major contributory factor, the year of return advocacy has really been bought into by the outside world and hence the dominance of dollars in the system undermining the local currency, the cedis.

It hurts me alot to see my country trend with such bad news😔smh...

3 ugly looking tomatoes now for 10¢ Some venders just triple the prices because they know you'll still buy it..we can't even save money for emergency problems or plan our future .we are stuck and it's all about hand to mouth now.why should food and water be expensive this looks like our government has given us death penalty

it kinda breaks my heart to see forcing himself to smile despite what's happening in his country

Every where in the world is expensive now. Not only in Ghana,

It’s very true it increases every two minutes

You should see the situation in Zimbabwe, salaries do not cover a full tank of gas.

When the oil skyrockets, everything will be expensive, that's how financial system works

Africa in general is going to suffer the most in this. Terrible