Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana
Ghana: Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 308,965 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
In 2024, raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana stood at 308,965 An. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana peaked at 308,965 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 113,000 An, in 1978.
Ghana ranks 95th of 190 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.
Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Ghana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 190,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 180,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 180,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 175,000 An | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 175,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 175,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 180,000 An | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 175,000 An | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 200,000 An | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 195,000 An | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 190,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 180,000 An | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 180,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 195,000 An | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 155,000 An | -20.5% |
| 1976 | 128,000 An | -17.4% |
| 1977 | 116,000 An | -9.4% |
| 1978 | 113,000 An | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 120,000 An | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 125,000 An | +4.2% |
| 1981 | 125,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 140,000 An | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 150,000 An | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 162,000 An | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 170,000 An | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 170,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 175,467 An | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 171,747 An | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 170,454 An | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 171,718 An | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 179,195 An | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 173,900 An | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 175,000 An | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 178,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 180,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 182,000 An | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 181,000 An | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 180,500 An | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 185,000 An | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 200,000 An | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 200,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 200,000 An | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 195,000 An | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 184,560 An | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 203,145 An | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 190,921 An | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 190,000 An | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 195,000 An | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 196,000 An | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 198,000 An | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 204,000 An | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 212,000 An | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 218,000 An | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 227,000 An | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 238,000 An | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 248,000 An | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 260,000 An | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 265,000 An | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 270,000 An | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 282,665 An | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 285,000 An | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 290,000 An | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 298,755 An | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 308,965 An | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 181,111 An | 175,000 An | 200,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 157,200 An | 113,000 An | 195,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 155,967 An | 125,000 An | 175,467 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 178,631 An | 171,718 An | 185,000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 195,463 An | 184,560 An | 203,145 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 234,000 An | 198,000 An | 270,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 293,077 An | 282,665 An | 308,965 An | 5 |
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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 raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana?
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered in Ghana was 308,965 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 308,965 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 113,000 An in 1978.
- How does Ghana rank for raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Ghana ranks 95th out of 190 countries with data for 2024.
- Is raw hides and skins of cattle — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.1%. 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 Raw hides and skins of cattle — 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.