This is what Ghanaians consumed most last year - 2025 Performance of FMCG sector in Ghana: Full-year review
According to new research conducted by the top Fast Moving Consumer Good (FMCG) market and economic research agency and consultancy company in Ghana, SumsureIQ, Ghana’s Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector has seen significant improvements in a difficult landscape characterised by cost-of-living crises, exchange rate volatility and constant inflationary pressures in 2025 compared to 2024.
Over the years, SumsureIQ research findings have been published as part of SumsureIQ’s Quarterly Brand/Manufacturer Performance Tracking Index and in National Newspapers.
Performance
The research findings show that in 2025, FMCG volume sales grew by about 13.7 per cent compared to 2024.
This increase was mainly driven by Food, which accounted for about 74.4 per cent of the increase, followed by Non-Alcoholic Beverage with about 11.4 per cent of the increase, then Non-Food with 8.5 per cent and Alcoholic Beverage with just 5.7 per cent of the increase.
In terms of value sales, FMCG sales increased by about 41.8 per cent in 2025 compared to 2024.
The main driver of this increase was Food, with about 56.1 per cent in the value increase, followed by Alcoholic Beverage with about 28.4 per cent on the increase.
Then, Non-Alcoholic Beverage with 9.7 per cent and Non-Food with just 5.8 per cent.
The relationship between the values, sales growth rates and the volume sales rates of growth may suggest “premiumisation” of the FMCG market in Ghana.
Thus, on average, new products in 2025 commanded higher prices per standard weight.
This was more pronounced within the Alcoholic Beverage and the Non-Alcoholic Beverage segments.
These results are further corroborating evidence with previous SumsureIQ research results which showed that the average living standard of the Ghanaian consumer improved in 2025 compared to 2024, as less monies were spent on Food consumption compared to the actual proportion consumed.
Thus, more volumes of Food were consumed, proportionally, compared to the other FMCG products, with relatively less of the hard-earned disposable incomes being spent on Food leaving more to be spent on other life necessities or other FMCG goods.
These results may also indicate that although the average levels of inflation have dropped significantly compared to 2024, the impacts on the cost-of-living pressures are still being felt by the average consumer as prices are still sticky but living standards are improving, potentially, as a result of the increase in the purchasing power of the Ghanaian Cedi in 2025.
According to SumsureIQ, this improvement is good news for all Ghanaian consumers.
This is because it shows the potential turning point in the average living standard deterioration in the country, which has been induced by relatively high levels of inflation and the accompanying cost-of-living crisis and compounded with the constantly fluctuating Ghanaian Cedi (GHS) against other foreign currencies.
Furthermore, the SumsureIQ research findings show that, in 2025 compared to 2024, consumption of Food categories increased by about 18.9 per cent in volume sales and 40.2 per cent in value sales.
Some of the Food categories which contributed to this growth were Rice, Edible oil, Milk, Tomato Mix and Food Seasoning/Taste Enhancers. Some of the best performing manufacturers/suppliers in 2025 were Lele, Wilmar, GB Foods, OLAM, AWB Trading, Nestle and Promasidor.
And some of the top best performing brands in the Food segment were Abena, Frytol, Gino, Onga, Ideal, Maggi, Indomie, Carnation and Kivo.
The research also noted increases in the consumption of non-alcoholic beverage categories by about 5.8 per cent in volume sales and 30.3 per cent in value sales in 2025 compared to 2024.