Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana
Ghana: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 96,873 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
In 2024, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana stood at 96,873 1000 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana peaked at 96,873 1000 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,150 1000 An, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 81st of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,078 1000 An | 6,150 1000 An | 10,150 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,725 1000 An | 10,500 1000 An | 13,600 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,660 1000 An | 6,400 1000 An | 11,600 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,692 1000 An | 10,000 1000 An | 19,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,340 1000 An | 21,000 1000 An | 44,500 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 69,973 1000 An | 49,000 1000 An | 91,629 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 88,664 1000 An | 83,133 1000 An | 96,873 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 78 Senegal 102,622 1000 An compare
- 79 United Republic of Tanzania 102,529 1000 An compare
- 80 Austria 102,235 1000 An compare
- 82 Ethiopia PDR 96,500 1000 An compare
- 83 Mali 92,627 1000 An compare
- 84 Switzerland 90,449 1000 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 — Production 135,063 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana was 96,873 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 96,873 1000 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,150 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ghana ranks 81st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.4%. 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, Poultry — 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.