All is set for the commencement of the 2025 Integrated Business Establishment Survey II (IBES II), Ghana's fifth economic census, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has announced.The nationwide data collection exercise is scheduled to begin on Thursday, July 10, 2025, and will end in September.A total of 2,600 trained field officers will be deployed across the country to collect data from about 44,000 business establishments across the country.Speaking at the closing ceremony of a month-long training workshop for field officers and launch of the IBES II in Accra on Wednesday, the Government Statistician, Dr Alhasan Iddrisu, underscored the importance of the survey, describing it as the most ambitious of its kind yet."This survey, IBES II, is the fifth of its kind in the history of the country-following previous rounds conducted in 1962, 1987, 2003, and 2015.
But this one is the most ambitious one yet, and that's why we can't fail," Dr Iddrisu said.The Government Statistician said the report for the IBES II survey would be ready in December.He explained that the IBES II would provide comprehensive data essential for rebasing key economic indicators such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the Producer Price Index (PPI), and the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)."Every data point you collect fits directly into the veins of national planning," he said, stressing that the exercise would help inform business support strategies and shape government policy.Dr Iddrisu said, "You are not just collecting data.
You are shaping how Ghana understands itself, and that's indeed a very powerful responsibility.
And with that power comes trust."He urged the field officers to carry out their work with diligence, integrity, and a sense of national duty, adding that the oath of secrecy they had taken must be upheld in spirit and in action."To the business community, this is your moment too.
