Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana
Ghana: Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 2.13 million An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 2.13 million An for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana peaked at 2.13 million An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 320,000 An, in 1965.
That places Ghana 31st out of 173 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 340,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 340,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 345,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 330,000 An | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 320,000 An | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 325,000 An | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 355,000 An | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 365,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 380,000 An | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 385,000 An | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 385,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 430,000 An | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 360,000 An | -16.3% |
| 1974 | 405,000 An | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 490,000 An | +21.0% |
| 1976 | 480,000 An | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 490,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 485,000 An | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 470,000 An | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 480,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 490,000 An | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 475,000 An | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 450,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 400,000 An | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 400,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 410,000 An | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 475,219 An | +15.9% |
| 1988 | 497,804 An | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 590,856 An | +18.7% |
| 1990 | 504,631 An | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 548,593 An | +8.7% |
| 1992 | 542,000 An | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 535,000 An | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 550,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 555,000 An | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 585,000 An | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 655,000 An | +12.0% |
| 1998 | 685,000 An | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 730,000 An | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 769,000 An | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 800,000 An | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 807,500 An | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 890,000 An | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 932,430 An | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 908,800 An | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 859,590 An | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 1.00 million An | +16.3% |
| 2008 | 1.05 million An | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 1.10 million An | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 1.15 million An | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 1.21 million An | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 1.25 million An | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1.35 million An | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 1.42 million An | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 1.50 million An | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 1.58 million An | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 1.65 million An | +4.4% |
| 2018 | 1.68 million An | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.77 million An | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 1.84 million An | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 1.89 million An | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 1.95 million An | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 2.07 million An | +6.1% |
| 2024 | 2.13 million An | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 344,444 An | 320,000 An | 380,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 438,000 An | 360,000 An | 490,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 466,888 An | 400,000 An | 590,856 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 589,022 An | 504,631 An | 730,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 911,732 An | 769,000 An | 1.10 million An | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 million An | 1.15 million An | 1.77 million An | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.97 million An | 1.84 million An | 2.13 million An | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana?
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana was 2.13 million An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2.13 million An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 320,000 An in 1965.
- How does Ghana rank for meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ghana ranks 31st out of 173 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of goat, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.