Food Prices

Name: Ghana Food Prices
Creator: SRID/MoFA via FEWS NET; WFP via HDX to July 2023

Retail and wholesale prices for staple foods in Ghanaian markets since 2006 — maize, rice, yam, cassava, gari, plantain, cooking oil and more — by market, month, unit and currency, with a US dollar equivalent. Collected by the World Food Programme and published on HDX, CC BY-IGO. 39038 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 25, 2026 · covers 15 Jan 2006 to 15 May 2026listing updated Sep 25, 2026GH₵49.0039,555 recordsEconomy

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
date	DATE NOT NULL
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
market	TEXT
category	TEXT
commodity	TEXT NOT NULL
unit	TEXT
price_type	TEXT
price_flag	TEXT
currency	TEXT
price	DECIMAL(14,4)
price_usd	DECIMAL(14,4)
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
source	TEXT

Preview

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First 5 rows of Food Prices
dateDATE NOT NULL	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	marketTEXT	categoryTEXT	commodityTEXT NOT NULL	unitTEXT	price typeTEXT	price flagTEXT	currencyTEXT	priceDECIMAL(14,4)	price usdDECIMAL(14,4)	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
2006-01-15	Ashanti	KMA	Kumasi	Cereals And Tubers	Cassava	91 KG	Wholesale	actual	GHS	10.31	11.21	6.68	-1.62	WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
2006-01-15	Brong Ahafo	TECHIMAN MUNICIPAL	Techiman	Cereals And Tubers	Cassava	91 KG	Wholesale	actual	GHS	16	17.39	7.58	-1.93	WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
2006-01-15	Greater Accra	ACCRA METROPOLIS	Accra	Cereals And Tubers	Cassava	91 KG	Wholesale	actual	GHS	13.9	15.11	5.55	-0.22	WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
2006-02-15	Ashanti	KMA	Kumasi	Cereals And Tubers	Cassava	91 KG	Wholesale	actual	GHS	11	11.96	6.68	-1.62	WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)
2006-02-15	Brong Ahafo	TECHIMAN MUNICIPAL	Techiman	Cereals And Tubers	Cassava	91 KG	Wholesale	actual	GHS	13.5	14.67	7.58	-1.93	WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

dateDATE NOT NULL	regionTEXT	districtTEXT	marketTEXT	categoryTEXT	commodityTEXT NOT NULL	unitTEXT	price typeTEXT	price flagTEXT	currencyTEXT	priceDECIMAL(14,4)	price usdDECIMAL(14,4)	latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)	sourceTEXT
2000-01-01	example-region-1	example-district-1	example-market-1	example-category-1	example-commodity-1	example-unit-1	example-price_type-1	example-price_flag-1	example-currency-1	10	10	10	10	example-source-1
2000-01-01	example-region-2	example-district-2	example-market-2	example-category-2	example-commodity-2	example-unit-2	example-price_type-2	example-price_flag-2	example-currency-2	20	20	20	20	example-source-2
2000-01-01	example-region-3	example-district-3	example-market-3	example-category-3	example-commodity-3	example-unit-3	example-price_type-3	example-price_flag-3	example-currency-3	30	30	30	30	example-source-3
2000-01-01	example-region-4	example-district-4	example-market-4	example-category-4	example-commodity-4	example-unit-4	example-price_type-4	example-price_flag-4	example-currency-4	40	40	40	40	example-source-4
2000-01-01	example-region-5	example-district-5	example-market-5	example-category-5	example-commodity-5	example-unit-5	example-price_type-5	example-price_flag-5	example-currency-5	50	50	50	50	example-source-5
2000-01-01	example-region-6	example-district-6	example-market-6	example-category-6	example-commodity-6	example-unit-6	example-price_type-6	example-price_flag-6	example-currency-6	60	60	60	60	example-source-6
2000-01-01	example-region-7	example-district-7	example-market-7	example-category-7	example-commodity-7	example-unit-7	example-price_type-7	example-price_flag-7	example-currency-7	70	70	70	70	example-source-7
2000-01-01	example-region-8	example-district-8	example-market-8	example-category-8	example-commodity-8	example-unit-8	example-price_type-8	example-price_flag-8	example-currency-8	80	80	80	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_prices

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 25, 2026from the source
Covers: 15 Jan 2006 to 15 May 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026looked right
Source: SRID/MoFA via FEWS NET; WFP via HDX to July 2023

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (SRID/MoFA via FEWS NET; WFP via HDX to July 2023). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. These records cover 15 Jan 2006 to 15 May 2026; say which period your figures come from. Last updated from the source on Sep 25, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Food prices (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from SRID/MoFA via FEWS NET; WFP via HDX to July 2023]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/food-prices

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_prices?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_prices?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_prices",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
date	DATE NOT NULL
region	TEXT
district	TEXT
market	TEXT
category	TEXT
commodity	TEXT NOT NULL
unit	TEXT
price_type	TEXT
price_flag	TEXT
currency	TEXT
price	DECIMAL(14,4)
price_usd	DECIMAL(14,4)
latitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
longitude	DECIMAL(9,6)
source	TEXT

dateDATE NOT NULL

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

marketTEXT

categoryTEXT

commodityTEXT NOT NULL

unitTEXT

price typeTEXT

price flagTEXT

currencyTEXT

priceDECIMAL(14,4)

price usdDECIMAL(14,4)

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

2006-01-15

Ashanti

KMA

Kumasi

Cereals And Tubers

Cassava

91 KG

Wholesale

actual

GHS

10.31

11.21

6.68

-1.62

WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

2006-01-15

Brong Ahafo

TECHIMAN MUNICIPAL

Techiman

Cereals And Tubers

Cassava

91 KG

Wholesale

actual

GHS

17.39

7.58

-1.93

WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

2006-01-15

Greater Accra

ACCRA METROPOLIS

Accra

Cereals And Tubers

Cassava

91 KG

Wholesale

actual

GHS

13.9

15.11

5.55

-0.22

WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

2006-02-15

Ashanti

KMA

Kumasi

Cereals And Tubers

Cassava

91 KG

Wholesale

actual

GHS

11.96

6.68

-1.62

WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

2006-02-15

Brong Ahafo

TECHIMAN MUNICIPAL

Techiman

Cereals And Tubers

Cassava

91 KG

Wholesale

actual

GHS

13.5

14.67

7.58

-1.93

WFP Food Prices via HDX (CC BY-IGO)

dateDATE NOT NULL

regionTEXT

districtTEXT

marketTEXT

categoryTEXT

commodityTEXT NOT NULL

unitTEXT

price typeTEXT

price flagTEXT

currencyTEXT

priceDECIMAL(14,4)

price usdDECIMAL(14,4)

latitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

longitudeDECIMAL(9,6)

sourceTEXT

2000-01-01

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How to cite

API Ghana. (2026). Food prices (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from SRID/MoFA via FEWS NET; WFP via HDX to July 2023]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/food-prices

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_prices?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_prices?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/food_prices",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]