The economy of the Ashanti Region in southern Ghana is largely self-sufficient, being driven by its service sector as well as by natural resources.

The Ashanti Region's economy is largely driven by the extraction and processing of a various industrial mineral and agricultural commodities.

[3] After galemsey was legalized, there has been a large increase in the number of small-scale mining operations as a means of self-employment, many of which do not extract gold in environmentally-friendly ways.

[7] The Ashanti Region main foods include cooking plantain, rice, maize, wheat, cassava, taro-cocoyam, pineapple, yam, vegetables and other cereals and legumes.

Ashanti Region industrial crops include cocoa, palm oil, tobacco, bast fibre, cotton, citrus, cashew, sweet potatoes, millet, beans, onions, peanuts and tomatoes.

The Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly's railway lines and train service has been suspended for several years because of damaged tracks, bridges and locomotives.

[13] The construction of the Boankra Inland Port in Ashanti region, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from the Subin submetro of Kumasi was expected to be completed in 2015.