Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana
Ghana: Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 754,128 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana stood at 754,128 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana peaked at 754,128 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 116,000 An, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 68th of 172 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 116,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 119,000 An | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 120,000 An | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 139,000 An | +15.8% |
| 1965 | 121,000 An | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 144,000 An | +19.0% |
| 1967 | 146,000 An | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 167,000 An | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 200,000 An | +19.8% |
| 1970 | 214,000 An | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 214,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 224,000 An | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 240,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 267,000 An | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 306,000 An | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 308,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 296,000 An | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 297,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 296,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 303,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 310,000 An | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 300,000 An | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 300,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 325,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 330,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 375,000 An | +13.6% |
| 1987 | 320,000 An | -14.7% |
| 1988 | 382,000 An | +19.4% |
| 1989 | 445,000 An | +16.5% |
| 1990 | 379,000 An | -14.8% |
| 1991 | 363,000 An | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 330,600 An | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 326,000 An | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 335,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 280,000 An | -16.4% |
| 1996 | 255,000 An | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 285,000 An | +11.8% |
| 1998 | 285,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 266,000 An | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 259,000 An | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 250,000 An | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 248,000 An | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 242,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 240,000 An | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 244,000 An | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 368,000 An | +50.8% |
| 2007 | 393,000 An | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 404,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 416,800 An | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 428,800 An | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 454,085 An | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 480,000 An | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 510,200 An | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 538,472 An | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 571,212 An | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 581,843 An | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 633,076 An | +8.8% |
| 2018 | 629,569 An | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 610,090 An | -3.1% |
| 2020 | 751,295 An | +23.1% |
| 2021 | 623,132 An | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 660,920 An | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 727,832 An | +10.1% |
| 2024 | 754,128 An | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,333 An | 116,000 An | 200,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 266,200 An | 214,000 An | 308,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 339,000 An | 300,000 An | 445,000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 310,460 An | 255,000 An | 379,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 306,480 An | 240,000 An | 416,800 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 543,735 An | 428,800 An | 633,076 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 703,461 An | 623,132 An | 754,128 An | 5 |
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana?
- Fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana was 754,128 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 754,128 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 116,000 An in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ghana ranks 68th out of 172 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fat of pigs — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. 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.