Swine / pigs — Stocks in Ghana
Ghana: Swine / pigs — Stocks was 184,723 LSU in 2023. ▲ Rising
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Ghana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LSU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for swine / pigs — stocks in Ghana is 184,723 LSU, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 44.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, swine / pigs — stocks in Ghana peaked at 189,200 LSU in 2020 and was at its lowest, 29,000 LSU, in 1961.
Ghana ranks 73rd of 172 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.
Swine / pigs — Stocks in Ghana, year by year
| Year | LSU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,000 LSU | — |
| 1962 | 29,800 LSU | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 30,000 LSU | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 34,800 LSU | +16.0% |
| 1965 | 30,200 LSU | -13.2% |
| 1966 | 36,000 LSU | +19.2% |
| 1967 | 36,600 LSU | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 41,600 LSU | +13.7% |
| 1969 | 50,000 LSU | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 53,600 LSU | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 53,600 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 56,000 LSU | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 59,860 LSU | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 66,820 LSU | +11.6% |
| 1975 | 76,580 LSU | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 77,000 LSU | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 74,000 LSU | -3.9% |
| 1978 | 74,200 LSU | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 74,000 LSU | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 75,800 LSU | +2.4% |
| 1981 | 77,600 LSU | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 75,000 LSU | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 75,000 LSU | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 81,400 LSU | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 82,600 LSU | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 93,731 LSU | +13.5% |
| 1987 | 79,789 LSU | -14.9% |
| 1988 | 95,669 LSU | +19.9% |
| 1989 | 111,721 LSU | +16.8% |
| 1990 | 94,789 LSU | -15.2% |
| 1991 | 90,775 LSU | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 82,649 LSU | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 81,627 LSU | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 70,200 LSU | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 73,000 LSU | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 71,000 LSU | -2.7% |
| 1997 | 70,660 LSU | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 70,360 LSU | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 66,400 LSU | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 64,800 LSU | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 62,400 LSU | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 62,000 LSU | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 60,600 LSU | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 60,000 LSU | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 59,400 LSU | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 95,400 LSU | +60.6% |
| 2007 | 98,200 LSU | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 101,200 LSU | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 104,200 LSU | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 107,200 LSU | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 113,600 LSU | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 120,400 LSU | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 127,600 LSU | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 136,400 LSU | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 146,000 LSU | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 155,400 LSU | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 163,200 LSU | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 158,400 LSU | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 153,600 LSU | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 189,200 LSU | +23.2% |
| 2021 | 157,000 LSU | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 170,606 LSU | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 184,723 LSU | +8.3% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 184,723 LSU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 72,581 LSU, 2.5× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 184,723 LSU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 72,581 LSU, 2.5× 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% | 59,400 LSU | 95,400 LSU |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,333 LSU | 29,000 LSU | 50,000 LSU | 9 |
| 1970s | 66,566 LSU | 53,600 LSU | 77,000 LSU | 10 |
| 1980s | 84,831 LSU | 75,000 LSU | 111,721 LSU | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,146 LSU | 66,400 LSU | 94,789 LSU | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,820 LSU | 59,400 LSU | 104,200 LSU | 10 |
| 2010s | 138,180 LSU | 107,200 LSU | 163,200 LSU | 10 |
| 2020s | 175,382 LSU | 157,000 LSU | 189,200 LSU | 4 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
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 swine / pigs — stocks in Ghana?
- Swine / pigs — stocks in Ghana was 184,723 LSU in 2023, 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 189,200 LSU in 2020.
- What is the lowest swine / pigs — stocks recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,000 LSU in 1961.
- How does Ghana rank for swine / pigs — stocks?
- Ghana ranks 73rd out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is swine / pigs — stocks rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.8%. 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
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.