Milk production, per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Milk production, per capita was 0.0015 tonnes per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Milk production, per capita in Ghana, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 0.0015 tonnes per person for milk production, per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, milk production, per capita in Ghana peaked at 0.0021 tonnes per person in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0.0013 tonnes per person, in 1978.
That places Ghana 170th out of 185 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Milk production, per capita in Ghana, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +7.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +13.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 0.002 tonnes per person | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 0.002 tonnes per person | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 0.002 tonnes per person | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 0.0021 tonnes per person | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -17.5% |
| 1976 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -10.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -10.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0013 tonnes per person | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0013 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0013 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0013 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | +8.9% |
| 1983 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0014 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | +32.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 0.002 tonnes per person | +19.5% |
| 1997 | 0.002 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0019 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0018 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0017 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0016 tonnes per person | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0015 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 0.0015 tonnes per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0353 tonnes per person, 4% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 0.0015 tonnes per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0177 tonnes per person, 8% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Milk production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +32.3% | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.0018 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.002 tonnes per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 0.0021 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 0.002 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More reference data data for Ghana
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2805 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1989 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9405 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9478 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 8.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.64 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is milk production, per capita in Ghana?
- Milk production, per capita in Ghana was 0.0015 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest milk production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0021 tonnes per person in 1974.
- What is the lowest milk production, per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0013 tonnes per person in 1978.
- How does Ghana rank for milk production, per capita?
- Ghana ranks 170th out of 185 countries with data for 2024.
- Is milk production, per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Milk production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Milk production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Milk production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Milk production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.