Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Yield/Carcass Weight in Ghana
Ghana: Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Yield/Carcass Weight was 103 kg/An in 2024. βΌ Falling
Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Yield/Carcass Weight in Ghana, 1961β2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/An.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 103 kg/An for beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in Ghana peaked at 121 kg/An in 2002 and was at its lowest, 93 kg/An, in 2005.
Ghana ranks 180th of 188 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 9 |
| 1970s | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 10 |
| 1980s | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 10 |
| 1990s | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 115 kg/An | 10 |
| 2000s | 105.2 kg/An | 93 kg/An | 121 kg/An | 10 |
| 2010s | 100.8 kg/An | 100 kg/An | 103 kg/An | 10 |
| 2020s | 103.2 kg/An | 102 kg/An | 105 kg/An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 178 Madagascar 106 kg/An compare
- 179 Ethiopia PDR 105 kg/An compare
- 180 Gabon 103 kg/An compare
- 182 Eritrea 101 kg/An compare
- 183 Nigeria 96 kg/An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture share gdp 21.28 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.28 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
- Rural population 41.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 14.40 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 24.30 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 135,063 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in Ghana?
- Beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight in Ghana was 103 kg/An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 121 kg/An in 2002.
- What is the lowest beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 93 kg/An in 2005.
- How does Ghana rank for beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight?
- Ghana ranks 180th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beef and buffalo meat, primary β yield/carcass weight rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary β Yield/Carcass Weight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.