Swine / pigs — Stocks in Ghana
Ghana: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 951,401 An in 2024. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in An.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 951,401 An for swine / pigs — stocks in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.7% on the previous year and up 39.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Ghana peaked at 951,401 An in 2024 and was at its lowest, 145,000 An, in 1961.
That places Ghana 69th out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Ghana, year by year
| Year | An | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 145,000 An | — |
| 1962 | 149,000 An | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 150,000 An | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 174,000 An | +16.0% |
| 1965 | 151,000 An | -13.2% |
| 1966 | 180,000 An | +19.2% |
| 1967 | 183,000 An | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 208,000 An | +13.7% |
| 1969 | 250,000 An | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 268,000 An | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 268,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 280,000 An | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 299,300 An | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 334,100 An | +11.6% |
| 1975 | 382,900 An | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 385,000 An | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 370,000 An | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 371,000 An | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 370,000 An | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 379,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 388,000 An | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 375,000 An | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 375,000 An | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 407,000 An | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 413,000 An | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 468,653 An | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 398,947 An | -14.9% |
| 1988 | 478,345 An | +19.9% |
| 1989 | 558,604 An | +16.8% |
| 1990 | 473,946 An | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 453,877 An | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 413,243 An | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 408,134 An | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 351,000 An | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 365,000 An | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 355,000 An | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 353,300 An | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 351,800 An | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 332,000 An | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 324,000 An | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 312,000 An | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 310,000 An | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 303,000 An | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 300,000 An | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 297,000 An | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 477,000 An | +60.6% |
| 2007 | 491,000 An | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 506,000 An | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 521,000 An | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 536,000 An | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 568,000 An | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 602,000 An | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 638,000 An | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 682,000 An | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 730,000 An | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 777,000 An | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 816,000 An | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 792,000 An | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 768,000 An | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 946,000 An | +23.2% |
| 2021 | 785,000 An | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 833,006 An | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 917,783 An | +10.2% |
| 2024 | 951,401 An | +3.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 951,401 An is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 301,747 An, 3.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 951,401 An is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 307,970 An, 3.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Swine / pigs — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +60.6% | 297,000 An | 477,000 An |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 176,667 An | 145,000 An | 250,000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 332,830 An | 268,000 An | 385,000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 424,155 An | 375,000 An | 558,604 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 385,730 An | 332,000 An | 473,946 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 384,100 An | 297,000 An | 521,000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 690,900 An | 536,000 An | 816,000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 886,638 An | 785,000 An | 951,401 An | 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 swine / pigs — stocks in Ghana?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in Ghana was 951,401 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 951,401 An in 2024.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 145,000 An in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Ghana ranks 69th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.5%. 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 Swine / pigs — Stocks. 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.