Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Meat, Total — Production, per capita was 0.0094 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat, total — production, per capita in Ghana is 0.0094 t per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, total — production, per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.0105 t per person in 1983 and was at its lowest, 0.0078 t per person, in 1976.
Ghana ranks 139th of 171 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Meat, Total — Production, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0087 t per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0084 t per person | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0082 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0084 t per person | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0082 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0085 t per person | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0085 t per person | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0086 t per person | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0091 t per person | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0089 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0087 t per person | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0087 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0085 t per person | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0085 t per person | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.0083 t per person | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0078 t per person | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0085 t per person | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 0.0087 t per person | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0089 t per person | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0094 t per person | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 0.0095 t per person | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0099 t per person | +3.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0105 t per person | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0101 t per person | -3.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0098 t per person | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0096 t per person | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 0.0096 t per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0095 t per person | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0095 t per person | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0094 t per person | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0092 t per person | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.009 t per person | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 0.0088 t per person | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.0087 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0085 t per person | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0084 t per person | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0084 t per person | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0084 t per person | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.0083 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.0087 t per person | +5.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0086 t per person | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0086 t per person | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0083 t per person | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0083 t per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0081 t per person | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0085 t per person | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0086 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0086 t per person | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0087 t per person | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0088 t per person | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0091 t per person | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0092 t per person | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0091 t per person | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0091 t per person | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0094 t per person | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0093 t per person | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.0093 t per person | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 0.0093 t per person | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0094 t per person | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0095 t per person | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0092 t per person | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0091 t per person | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0094 t per person | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0094 t per person | -0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0094 t per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0151 t per person, 62% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0094 t per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0107 t per person, 88% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0085 t per person | 0.0082 t per person | 0.0091 t per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0085 t per person | 0.0078 t per person | 0.0089 t per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0097 t per person | 0.0094 t per person | 0.0105 t per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0087 t per person | 0.0083 t per person | 0.0094 t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0085 t per person | 0.0081 t per person | 0.0087 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0092 t per person | 0.0088 t per person | 0.0094 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0093 t per person | 0.0091 t per person | 0.0095 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More agriculture & rural data for Ghana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 41.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2128 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 692.99 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4821 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 21.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 21.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, total — production, per capita in Ghana?
- Meat, total — production, per capita in Ghana was 0.0094 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat, total — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0105 t per person in 1983.
- What is the lowest meat, total — production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0078 t per person in 1976.
- How does Ghana rank for meat, total — production, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 139th out of 171 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, total — production, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat, Total — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Meat, Total — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat, Total — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Meat, Total — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Meat, Total — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.