Cattle — Stocks in Ghana
Ghana: Cattle — Stocks was 1.15 million LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cattle — Stocks in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
In 2023, cattle — stocks in Ghana stood at 1.15 million LSU. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cattle — stocks in Ghana peaked at 1.15 million LSU in 2023 and was at its lowest, 250,000 LSU, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 98th of 206 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 355,556 LSU | 250,000 LSU | 450,000 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 438,800 LSU | 372,500 LSU | 530,500 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 517,602 LSU | 402,000 LSU | 584,888 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 607,011 LSU | 572,394 LSU | 644,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 684,100 LSU | 651,000 LSU | 719,000 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 852,850 LSU | 727,000 LSU | 971,500 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.10 million LSU | 1.05 million LSU | 1.15 million LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.01 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 223 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,100 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 22.79 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 41.14 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,186 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 21.48 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2,708 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 37.37 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,710 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cattle — stocks in Ghana?
- Cattle — stocks in Ghana was 1.15 million LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cattle — stocks recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.15 million LSU in 2023.
- What is the lowest cattle — stocks recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 250,000 LSU in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for cattle — stocks?
- Ghana ranks 98th out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cattle — stocks rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.1%. 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 Cattle — Stocks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Livestock Patterns domain of FAOSTAT contains data on livestock numbers, shares of major livestock species and densities of livestock units in the agricultural land area. Values are calculated using Livestock Units (LSU), which facilitate aggregating information for different livestock types. Data are available by country, with global coverage, for the period 1961 to the most recent year available with annual updates. This methodology applies the LSU coefficients reported in the "Guidelines for the preparation of livestock sector reviews" (FAO, 2011). From this publication, LSU coefficients are computed by livestock type and by country. The reference unit used for the calculation of livestock units (=1 LSU) is the grazing equivalent of one adult dairy cow producing 3000 kg of milk annually, fed without additional concentrated foodstuffs. FAOSTAT agri-environmental indicators on livestock patterns closely follow the structure of the indicators in EUROSTAT.