Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per square kilometre in Ghana
Ghana: Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per square kilometre was 1.71 An per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per square kilometre in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per square kilometre.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1.71 An per square kilometre for raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre in Ghana peaked at 1.71 An per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3296 An per square kilometre, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 95th of 164 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per square kilometre in Ghana, year by year
| Year | An per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3296 An per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.3626 An per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 0.3955 An per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 0.4615 An per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1965 | 0.4944 An per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 0.4944 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.5274 An per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 0.5603 An per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 0.5933 An per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 0.5953 An per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.5953 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.6151 An per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6342 An per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.6988 An per square kilometre | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 0.5933 An per square kilometre | -15.1% |
| 1976 | 0.545 An per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 0.501 An per square kilometre | -8.1% |
| 1978 | 0.4922 An per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1979 | 0.5142 An per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5274 An per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 0.545 An per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 0.6109 An per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 0.6592 An per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 0.712 An per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1985 | 0.7462 An per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 0.748 An per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.7691 An per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.7537 An per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 0.7493 An per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.7032 An per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 0.8284 An per square kilometre | +17.8% |
| 1992 | 0.781 An per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 0.8043 An per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 0.7977 An per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 0.8588 An per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 1.1 An per square kilometre | +27.7% |
| 1997 | 1.11 An per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 1.12 An per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 1.13 An per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 1.14 An per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1.16 An per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 1.17 An per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 1.19 An per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.2 An per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 1.22 An per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.23 An per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 1.25 An per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.26 An per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.27 An per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.18 An per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 1.32 An per square kilometre | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 1.38 An per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 1.38 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.32 An per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 1.37 An per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 1.42 An per square kilometre | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 1.47 An per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 1.48 An per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.5 An per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.6 An per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 2021 | 1.64 An per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 1.67 An per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 1.71 An per square kilometre | +2.5% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1.71 An per square kilometre is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.1 An per square kilometre, 55% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1.71 An per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.88 An per square kilometre, 91% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per square kilometre in Ghana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +27.7% | 0.8588 An per square kilometre | 1.1 An per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4688 An per square kilometre | 0.3296 An per square kilometre | 0.5933 An per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5784 An per square kilometre | 0.4922 An per square kilometre | 0.6988 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6821 An per square kilometre | 0.5274 An per square kilometre | 0.7691 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9226 An per square kilometre | 0.7032 An per square kilometre | 1.13 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.21 An per square kilometre | 1.14 An per square kilometre | 1.27 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.38 An per square kilometre | 1.18 An per square kilometre | 1.5 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.66 An per square kilometre | 1.6 An per square kilometre | 1.71 An per square kilometre | 4 |
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 raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre in Ghana?
- Raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre in Ghana was 1.71 An per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.71 An per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3296 An per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre?
- Ghana ranks 95th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is raw milk of cattle — milk animals, per square kilometre rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.7%. 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 Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.