Horses — Stocks in Ghana
Ghana: Horses — Stocks was 1,720 LSU in 2023. ▼ Falling
Horses — Stocks in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1,720 LSU for horses — stocks in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, horses — stocks in Ghana peaked at 2,000 LSU in 1971 and was at its lowest, 651 LSU, in 1991.
That places Ghana 124th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Horses — Stocks in Ghana, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,900 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 1,750 LSU | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 1,650 LSU | -5.7% |
| 1964 | 1,523 LSU | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 1,853 LSU | +21.7% |
| 1966 | 1,250 LSU | -32.5% |
| 1967 | 1,262 LSU | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 1,800 LSU | +42.7% |
| 1969 | 1,900 LSU | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 1,900 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 LSU | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,750 LSU | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 1,650 LSU | -5.7% |
| 1983 | 1,500 LSU | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 1,350 LSU | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 1,250 LSU | -7.4% |
| 1986 | 1,106 LSU | -11.6% |
| 1987 | 1,068 LSU | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 927 LSU | -13.2% |
| 1989 | 796.5 LSU | -14.1% |
| 1990 | 683 LSU | -14.2% |
| 1991 | 651 LSU | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 824 LSU | +26.6% |
| 1993 | 811 LSU | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 956 LSU | +17.9% |
| 1995 | 1,100 LSU | +15.1% |
| 1996 | 1,384 LSU | +25.8% |
| 1997 | 1,400 LSU | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 1,450 LSU | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 1,500 LSU | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 1,400 LSU | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 1,350 LSU | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1,350 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,500 LSU | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 1,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,500 LSU | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,525 LSU | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1,298 LSU | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 1,312 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 1,326 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,340 LSU | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 1,350 LSU | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,450 LSU | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 1,500 LSU | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 1,532 LSU | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,551 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 1,574 LSU | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,596 LSU | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 1,622 LSU | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,658 LSU | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 1,678 LSU | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 1,699 LSU | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 1,720 LSU | +1.2% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 1,720 LSU is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20,567 LSU, 8% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 1,720 LSU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,828 LSU, 22% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Horses — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +42.7% | 1,262 LSU | 1,800 LSU |
| 1966 | -32.5% | 1,853 LSU | 1,250 LSU |
| 1992 | +26.6% | 651 LSU | 824 LSU |
| 1996 | +25.8% | 1,100 LSU | 1,384 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,654 LSU | 1,250 LSU | 1,900 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,990 LSU | 1,900 LSU | 2,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,340 LSU | 796.5 LSU | 2,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,076 LSU | 651 LSU | 1,500 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,424 LSU | 1,298 LSU | 1,525 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,484 LSU | 1,326 LSU | 1,622 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,689 LSU | 1,658 LSU | 1,720 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
- 121 Saudi Arabia 1,948 LSU compare
- 122 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,909 LSU compare
- 123 Guinea 1,833 LSU compare
- 125 Guyana 1,547 LSU compare
- 126 French Polynesia 1,430 LSU compare
- 127 Lebanon 1,355 LSU compare
More environment data for Ghana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -13.57 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -11.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -27.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.8796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is horses — stocks in Ghana?
- Horses — stocks in Ghana was 1,720 LSU in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest horses — stocks recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 LSU in 1971.
- What is the lowest horses — stocks recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 651 LSU in 1991.
- How does Ghana rank for horses — stocks?
- Ghana ranks 124th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is horses — stocks rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Horses — 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.